Taxon:  Raphanus sativus L. var. mougri H. W. J. Helm (Raphanus sativus Rat-Tailed Radish Group)



Summary
Genus:
Raphanus
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Brassiceae
Nomen number:
457323
Place of publication:
Kulturpflanze 5:52.  1957
Comment:
  • or Raphanus sativus Rat-Tailed Radish Group
  • a nom. nov. for R. sativus var. caudatus (L.) Vilm. (non Alef. 1866)
Verified:
07/15/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Raphanus sativus L. (762 active accession[s])
Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers. (4 active accession[s])
Raphanus sativus L. var. sativus (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Raphanus caudatus L. f.
Raphanus sativus L. var. caudatus (L. f.) H. Vilm.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  3. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
  4. Oltean, S. L. et al. 2010. Research on the variability of quantitative and qualitative traits in a population of Raphanus sativus L. var. caudatus for breeding purposes. Lucrari Stiintifice, Ser. hort. 53:29-34. Note: no additional information for this pblication
  5. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  6. Yamane, K. et al. 2009. Multiple origin and high genetic diversity of cultivated radish inferred from polymorphism in chloroplast simple sequence repeats. Breed. Sci. 59:55-65. Note: = Raphanus sativus var. caudatus
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishrat-tail radish as Raphanus sativus var. caudatus1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Raphanus sativus 'Caudatus'
Englishserpent radish as Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
Englishtail-pod radish as Raphanus sativus var. caudatus1Yamane, K. et al. 2009. Multiple origins and high genetic diversity of cultivated radish inferred from polymorphism in chloroplast simple sequence repeats. Breed. Sci. 59:55-65. Note: as Raphanus sativus var. caudatus
Frenchradis de Madras as Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
Frenchradis serpent  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanSchlangenrettich  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
India (Hindi)mungra as Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
Indonesianmougri as Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
Transcribed Chineseshu wei luo bo as Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
2Cultivated    lesser cult. elsewhere 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Rat-tailed Radish Group
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Rat-tailed Radish Group
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia

Reference(s)
  1. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Raphanus sativus convar. caudatus (L. f.) Pistrick
  2. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Rat-tailed Radish Group
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetablepods, as Raphanus sativus Rat-tailed Radish GroupSiemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Rat-tailed Radish Group
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=457323. Accessed 12 May 2026.