| Podding radish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Raphanus |
| Species: | R. caudatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Raphanus caudatus L. |
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The podding radish, or rattail radish, is a plant of the genus Raphanus, named for its edible seed pods. It is treated by some authors as a cultivar group of Raphanus sativus, Raphanus sativus L. Caudatus Group, and by some authors as a separate species, Raphanus caudatus, meaning in either case “radish with a tail”.
It is found primarily in India and Southeast Asia, and is believed to have originated in China[1]. It was first known in the West no later than 1815, when introduced into England from Java[2].