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Bayer Code : rapra

Scientific name: Raphanus raphanistrum L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: wild radish

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Hederich ; ES : jaramago blanco ; FR : ravenelle ; IT : ravanello selvatico ; PT : saramago ; EN : wild radish ; NL : knopherik, NL : wilde radijs ; DK : kiddike

Biological type: Annual

Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons cordate at tip.

- Leaves divided.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 30-60 cm.

- Stem rough with reflexed hairs.

- Leaves pinnatifid, 3-5 lateral ovate lobes, larger near the apex and with a very large terminal lobe.

- Flowers white or yellow, with marked purple veins. Sepals erect and hairy.

- Fruit : siliqua with joints, longer than peduncle when ripe and dividing into segments.

- Seeds are used against rheumatism.

- Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Sinapis arvensis

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Present     Denmark  Present     Spain  Present     France  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

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