Brassicaceae

Radish

Raphanus sativus L.

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Raphanus

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Radish: Radishes (Raphanus sativus) in a market, in San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. — Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (131)

ace: Mula
aeb: فجل
Albanian: Rrepa
Amharic: ፍጁል
Arabic: فجل, الفجل, فجل حريف
awa: मुरई
azb: قیرمیزی تورپ
Azerbaijani: Qırmızı turp
ba: Торма
Bangla: মূলা
bar: Radi
Basque: Errefau
Belarusian: Агародная рэдзька, Рэдзька пасяўная, Пасяўная рэдзька, Радыс
Bhojpuri: मुरई
bik: Labanos
bo: ལ་ཕུག
Breton: Irvin-ruz
Bulgarian: Репичка
Burmese: မုန်လာဥ
Cantonese: 蘿蔔
Catalan: Rave
cdo: Chái-tàu
Central Kurdish: توور
Chinese: 萝卜, 蘿蔔, 地骷髅, 枯萝卜, 白萝卜, 红萝卜, 莱菔, 莱菔叶
Corsican: Radichju
Croatian: Rotkvica
csb: Radiska
cv: Пахчари йӳç кăшман
Czech: Ředkev setá, Ředkvička, Ředkvička setá
Danish: Radise
Dutch: Radijs, Sakurajima daikon
eml: Rómlasén
English: Radish, Cultivated radish, Sakurajima radish, Sakurajima daikon
Esperanto: Kultiva rafano
Estonian: Aedrõigas
Filipino: Labanos
Finnish: Retiisi, Ruokaretikka
French: Radis, Radis botte, Radis noir, Radis rose
Galician: Ravo
Georgian: Ბოლოკი
German: Garten-Rettich, Radieschen, Rettich
grc: Ῥάφανος, Ῥάδιξ, Ῥαφανίς
Greek: Ρεπάνι
Haitian Creole: Radi
hak: Lò-phe̍t
Hebrew: צנון, צנונית
Hindi: मूली
hsb: Radiska
Hungarian: Retek
Icelandic: Hreðka
Iloko: Rabanos
Indonesian: Lobak
Irish: Raidis
Italian: Ravanello
Japanese: ダイコン, ラディッシュ, 大根, 桜島大根, しまでこん
Javanese: Lobak
kaa: Rediska
Kannada: ಮೂಲಂಗಿ
Kazakh: Шомыр
kbd: Балыджэ
Kinyarwanda: Radi
Konkani: Mullo
Korean: 무, 무우
ks: مُج
Kurdish: Tivir
kv: Кушман
Kyrgyz: Түрп
lah: مولی
Latvian: Redīsi
lij: Ravanetto
Lithuanian: Valgomasis ridikas
lzh: 蘿蔔
Macedonian: Ротквичка, Краварига, Рдоква, Ротква, Ротквица
Malayalam: മുള്ളങ്കി
Marathi: मुळा
min: Lobak
mnc: ᠮᡠᡵᠰᠠ
Mongolian: Таримал манжин
myv: Ведема кшумань
mzn: ترب
nah: Rāhuano
nan: Chhài-thâu
Norwegian Bokmål: Reddik
Norwegian Nynorsk: Reddik
nv: Akétłʼóól łichxííʼí yázhí
Occitan: Rafe
Odia: ମୂଳା
os: Булкъ
pam: Labanus
Pashto: مولۍ
Persian: ترب
Polish: Rzodkiew zwyczajna
Portuguese: Rabanete
Punjabi: ਮੂਲੀ
Quechua: Rawanushcu
Romanian: Ridiche
Russian: Редис, Редька, Редька огородная, Редька посевная
Sanskrit: मूलकम्
sc: Ravanella
sco: Reefort
se: Rettet, Redišša, Rettehas
Serbian: Ротквица
Serbian (Latin): Rotkvica
sgs: Rėdėks
shn: ၽၵ်းပိုၵ်ႉ
Sindhi: ڳاڙهي موري
Slovak: Reďkev siata
Slovenian: Vrtna redkev, Redkvica
smn: Reetiis
Spanish: Rábano, Rabano
Sundanese: Lobak
Swedish: Rädisa
szl: Radiska
Tajik: Турб
Tamil: முள்ளங்கி
Tatar: Редис
Telugu: ముల్లంగి
Thai: ราดิช
Tongan: Lētisifoha
Turkish: Turp
tyv: Турма
Ukrainian: Редька
Urdu: لال مولی
Uzbek: Turp
vep: Ret'k
Vietnamese: Cải củ
Walloon: Rådisse
Welsh: Rhuddygl y gerddi
wuu: 萝卜
Yiddish: רעטעך
za: Lauxbaeg

Synonyms

Raphanistrum gayanum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Raphanus acanthiformis Morel ex Sasaki
Raphanus candidus Vorosch.
Raphanus gayanus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) G.Don
Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus L.H.Bailey
Raphanus sativus var. radicula Pers.
Raphanus taquetii H.Lév.

Flowers

In flower: February to June, September to October (from 1,178 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Biennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.