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    RADISH

    May 05, 2022 2 minutes
    WORDS BY MICHEL & JUDE FANTON
    PHOTO BY
    ROBYN ROSENFELDT

    Raphanus sativus – from the Greek raphanus meaning ‘easily grown’ and the Latin sativus, which means ‘cultivated’.

    ORIGIN

    Radishes have a long history of cultivation and their origins are not certain. Alphonse de Candolle (1886) mentions that wild specimens were found near Mt Ararat in Turkey, and in Palestine and Armenia.

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