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🔍Scientific name: Raphanus sativus. Kingdom: Plantae Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Raphanus Species: raphanistrum Subspecies: sativus 🔍 Description: Radishes are annual or biennial brassicaceous crops grown for their swollen tap roots which can be globular, tapering, or cylindrical. The root skin colour ranges from white through pink, red, purple, yellow, and green to black, but the flesh is usually white. The roots obtain their color from anthocyanins. Red varieties use the anthocyanin pelargonidin as a pigment, and purple cultivars obtain their color from cyanidin. Smaller types have a few leaves about 13 cm (5 in) long with round roots up to 2.5 cm (1 in) in diameter or more slender, long roots up to 7 cm (3 in) long. Both of these are normally eaten raw in salads.A longer root form, including oriental radishes, daikon or mooli, and winter radishes, grows up to 60 cm (24 in) long with foliage about 60 cm (24 in) high with a spread of 45 cm (18 in).The flesh of radishes harvested timely is crisp and sweet, but becomes bitter and tough if the vegetable is left in the ground too long. Leaves are arranged in a rosette. They have a lyrate shape, meaning they are divided pinnately with an enlarged terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes. The white flowers are borne on a racemose inflorescence.The fruits are small pods which can be eaten when young. 🔍 Varieties: There are many different species of radish, like- Green radish, Red radish, Oilseed radish, black radish,Wild radish etc. 🔍Uses: 1) Cooking: I)The most commonly eaten portion is the napiform or fusiform taproot, although the entire plant is edible and the tops can be used as a leaf vegetable. ll)The root of the radish is usually eaten raw, although tougher specimens can be steamed. The raw flesh has a crisp texture and a pungent, peppery flavor, caused by glucosinolates and the enzyme myrosinase, which combine when chewed to form allyl isothiocyanates, also present in mustard, horseradish, and wasabi. III) Radishes are mostly used in salads, but also appear in many European dishes. #MyIndia#srikanta_photography_12#pindle #pindleindia #mycountry2 #pindlegems #Guidebook #pindlephotos #GuidebookIndia