This is an illustration of one of Japan's traditional cultivated varieties of radish, "Miura daikon". It is a medium-thick and very large radish.
Botanical information
Informations of the plants imaged for these illustrations is bellow.
Botanical name
< scientific name >
Raphanus sativus var. hortensis
< common name >
Daikon, Japanese radish, Mooli
< extra >
Plantae Category
< family >
Brassicaceae
< genus >
Raphanus
< species >
Raphanus sativus
[cultivar group] Nerima, [cultivar] Miura daikon
Origin
< place >
the Mediterranean or Central Asia
