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Bayer Code : rapra
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
- Cotyledons cordate at tip.
- Leaves divided.
- 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
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