Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 2:208. 1806
Comment:
- [or R. sativus Leaf Radish Group]
- Persoon, in indicating "chinensis oleiformis" and citing "Willd. Sp. III. p. 560" under this species, provided an indirect reference to the diagnosis "R. chinensis annuus oleiferus" of the unnamed variety of Willdenow and Linnaeus (Sp. pl. ed. 2, 2:935. 1763) (Shenzhen ICN 38.14)
Verified:
07/15/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). Note: discusses as leaf radish
- Budahn, H. et al. 2009. Molecular mapping in oil radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and QTL analysis of resistance against beet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii). Theor. Appl. Genet. 118:775-782. Note: as "Raphanus sativus subsp. oleiferus DC." or "R. sativus (L.) var. oleiferus (Reihb.) Metzg."
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
- Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption Note: = Raphanus oleifer
- Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
- Peterka, H. et al. 2004. Transfer of resistance against the beet cyst nematode from radish (Raphanus sativus) to rape (Brassica napus) by monosomic chromosome addition. Theor. Appl. Genet. 109:30-41. Note: as "Raphanus sativus subsp. oleiferus DC."
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Leaf Radish Group
Common names
English
fodder radish – oil radish – French
radis fourrager – radis oléifère – German
Ölrettich – Italian
rafano da foraggio – Portuguese
rábano-de-azeite – Portuguese (Brazil)
nabo-forrageiro – Spanish
rábano oleaginoso –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Europe | | Europe | | |
Cultivated
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
Asia-Tropical
Europe
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Leaf Radish Group |
| Environmental | soil improver | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Leaf Radish Group |
| Human food | oil/fat | | Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption Note: = Raphanus oleifer |
| Human food | vegetable | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:233. Note: = Raphanus sativus Leaf Radish Group |
| Non-vertebrate poisons | plant pest control for sugarbeet | as a catch crop | Budahn, H. et al. 2009. Molecular mapping in oil radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and QTL analysis of resistance against beet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii). Theor. Appl. Genet. 118:775-782. Note: as "Raphanus sativus subsp. oleiferus DC." or "R. sativus (L.) var. oleiferus (Reihb.) Metzg." |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319666.
Accessed 24 April 2025.