Ponytail Radish
''Chonggakmu'' or Chonggak radish, also called ponytail radish, is a variety of white radish. It is a small radish with many fine roots; of which the entire plant, including the leaves and stems, is used in Korean cuisine. Names and etymology The Korean language, Korean word ''chonggakmu'' () is a Compound (linguistics), compound of ''chonggak'' (, "bachelor") and mu (, "radish"). In premodern Korea, unmarried men and boys pulled their hair into a long braid, while married adult men wore their hair in ''sangtu'', a topknot. On the day of the coming of age ceremony, a boy's braid was undone and it was first made into ''chonggak'', hornlike double topknots, before it was undone again and be made into ''sangtu''. As the shape of chonggak radishes resembled the shape of ''chonggak'' hair, it came to be called by the name of ''chonggak'' radish. Description The Taproot, taproots of the radish weigh , and are about ten to thirteen times smaller than a regular Korean radish. The up ...
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Raphanus Raphanistrum
''Raphanus raphanistrum'', also known as wild radish, white charlock or jointed charlock, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. One of its subspecies, ''Raphanus raphanistrum'' subsp. ''sativus'', includes a diverse variety of cultivated radishes. The species is native to western Asia, Europe and parts of Northern Africa. It has been introduced into most parts of the world and is regarded as a habitat threatening invasive species in many areas, for example, Australia. It spreads rapidly and is often found growing on roadsides or in other places where the ground has been disturbed. Description Wild radish is an annual that grows up to 75 cm tall, variously branched to multi-stemmed, with a distinct slender taproot which does not swell like that of the cultivated radish. The stems are green and sometimes purple at the base and nodes, round in cross section and slightly ridged, and bristly-hairy all over. It has a basal rosette of pinnate leaves to 38 cm long, with a 3 ...
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