Annual herb ; up to 5-20(-50) cm high with a tuberous tap-root . Stems erect , often simple from base . Leaves with lower leaves 5–20 cm , variable in shape but generally lyrate-pinnatisect , lobed ; upper leaves narrower , simple , sessile . Inflorescences in erect many-flowered racemes , up to 90 cm tall . Flowers about 15 mm across , white or yellow or pink ; sepals 5 . 5-10 × 1-2 mm , glabrous or sparsely pubescent ; petals 14-17 mm , white , yellow or pink , usually with dark veins ; filaments 5-12 mm ; anthers 1 . 5-2 mm . Fruit siliqua , 2-jointed ; upper joint 20–50 mm , oblong , beaked , ridged longitudinally , not inflated , constricted in between the seeds and breaking into 1-seeded segments ; lower joint inconspicuous ; beak slender , 1-2 . 5 cm . Seeds 2 . 5-4 mm diam , globose or ovoid . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Common
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Raphanus raphanistrum var. sativus (L.) Beck
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Wild Radish
White Charlock
Jointed Charlock
Daikon
Forage Radish
Mooli
Tillage Radish
As a food. Eaten as green salad with other vegetables. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://swbiodiversity.org *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
