Brassicaceae Week * Raphanus sativus * L. *RAF-an-us* -- quickly appears *sa-TEE-vus* -- cultivated
*commonly known as*: radish • *Bengali*: মুলো mulo • *Gujarati*: મૂળો mulo • *Hindi*: मौली mauli, मूलक mulak, मूली muli • *Kannada*: ಮೋಲಮ್ಗಿ molamgi, ಮೂಲಮ್ಗಿ mulamgi, ಮುಲ್ಲಮ್ಗಿ mullamgi • *Kashmiri*: मुजू muju • *Konkani*: मूळो mulo • *Malayalam*: മൂലാഭം molabham, മുള്ളങ്കി mullaanki, പാടീരം patiram • *Marathi*: मुळा mula • *Sanskrit*: मूलक mulaka, मूलिका mulika • * Tamil*: முள்ளங்கி mullanki • *Telugu*: ముల్లంగి mullangi • *Urdu*: فجل fujul *Native to*: Eurasia (origin obscure); cultivated widely in south Asia *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FRadish.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzckjziYzdvQIp9cZ_-DVHgRAu7uUA>• PIER<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hear.org%2Fpier%2Fspecies%2Fraphanus_sativus.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcpwscnNdZu17foUeDkFvZCPEgvuw>• Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRadish&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcSzvJncHRN3uA2WUtI3lDO1JMCyw>• Floridata<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.floridata.com%2Fref%2FR%2Fraph_sat.cfm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze5wdvXvBFtIQWnSDBvyTSGhFKf5Q>• PFAF<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pfaf.org%2Fdatabase%2Fplants.php%3FRaphanus%2Bsativus&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfD7nwMZVa-cYp5T95kbqHCLi73GA>• M.M.P.N.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FRaphanus.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdYU20FwEv65wma061GMzJ23lNOyw> at Manali on 02 JUN 08 [image: Raphanus sativus]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2560911922%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzepwsLHXERyWIsCm9xBOgWigms3Lw> [image: Raphanus sativus]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2560915554%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdsbKCPEw4fd5Ji0hSsN6WnGKdtaQ> Regards. Dinesh --
