Wasabia japonica (scientific name: Wasabia Japonica) is a green alpine plant with a height of about 20 ~ 50 cm, which is a spice crop. Wasabi is a perennial herb of the genus Wasabi in Cruciferae. Its underground rhizome is slender and knotted, and its petiole has fallen off, which has a special aroma and spicy taste. The research of University of Pennsylvania 1995 shows that wasabi can be used to purify polluted water after being crushed.

Horseradish is also called Japanese horseradish or Japanese mustard by westerners, because the taste of horseradish is somewhat similar to that of horseradish, and the main source of its pungent smell is propylene mustard oil.

Chinese name: wasabi

Latin scientific name: Shancai

Nicknames: Chinese cabbage, wasabi, wasabi, wasabi.

Field: the field of plants

Phylum: Angiosperm phylum

Category: Dicotyledonous plants

Objective: Cruciferae.

Family: Cruciferae

Genus: wasabi

Type: wasabi

Distribution: Chinese mainland, Japan.

Variety: Tainong 1, native species, red stems, round leaves.

Flowering period: 65438+February to May is the peak season.

Food: green plants