Black Radish Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Black Radish (Raphanus sativus var. niger), the Spanish or winter radish, is an annual or biennial of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, a cultivated form of the common radish whose wild ancestors grew around the Mediterranean and in Asia; it has been a winter vegetable of eastern Europe and Germany since the Middle Ages. It forms a rosette of rough, deeply lobed leaves above a round or tapering root 8 to 15 centimeters across with a dull, blackish, corky skin and crisp, pure white flesh far more pungent than a red salad radish. Left to grow, it bolts to a meter with pale lilac flowers. We extract the dried root.