Mangelwurzel

Mangelwurzel
	; Mangelwurzel
Species
	Beta vulgaris
Origin
	Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima

The mangelwurzel (from German) is also called 'mangel wurzel', 'mangold wurzel', 'mangold',^[1] 'mangel beet',^[1] 'field beet',^[2] and 'fodder beet'. It is a cultivated root vegetable.

It is a variety of Beta vulgaris, the same species that contains the red beet (beetroot) and sugar beet varieties. The cultivar group is called the Crassa Group.^[3] Their large white, yellow or orange-yellow swollen roots were developed in the 18th century as a fodder crop for feeding livestock.

Mangelwurzel Media

Harvested mangelwurzels in Cornwall UK, circa 2009.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wright, Clifford A. 2001. Mediterranean Vegetables: a cook's ABC of vegetables and their preparation in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and north Africa with more than 200 authentic recipes for the home cook Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Common Press, page 52, ISBN 1-55832-196-9
↑ Raynbird, Hugh (1851) "On the Cultivation of Mangold-wurzel or Field-beet" Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland; New Series pp. 534-38, page 534
↑ "Sorting Beta names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

[Wright-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Wright, Clifford A. 2001. Mediterranean Vegetables: a cook's ABC of vegetables and their preparation in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and north Africa with more than 200 authentic recipes for the home cook Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Common Press, page 52, ISBN 1-55832-196-9

[2] Raynbird, Hugh (1851) "On the Cultivation of Mangold-wurzel or Field-beet" Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland; New Series pp. 534-38, page 534

[MMPND-3] "Sorting Beta names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2016-08-17.

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