Turnip alias: forage turnip, cranberry, guan root, round root; turnip originated in China, is one of China's ancient cultivated crops. Mainly in China's Qinghai and Sichuan Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Tibet part of the region is widely cultivated, but also for the cultivation of turnip center. According to the literature, BC China has been artificially cultivated turnip, then mainly as a vegetable. Now Jiangsu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia and other provinces, autonomous regions have been popularized planting, mainly used as fodder. Xinjiang, Gansu, Hebei dam area also began to plant. Turnip is a kind of tuberous root fodder crop suitable for planting in the alpine area of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which makes up for the blank of other fodder crops that can not be planted here.

Turnip also has the function of veterinary medicine, its tuberous roots contain a can stimulate the thyroid gland secretion of active substances (d-5-phenyl-2-thio-carboxypropyl), this substance plays the function of thyroxine. Root and leaf juice also contains acetylcholine, histamine and adenosine, which can play a role in lowering the blood pressure of livestock.