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Indonesian: Lobak
Common Name: oriental winter radish, daikon, long white radish, Japanese radish
Botanical Name:
Chinese: loh bok, loh baak, loh bo, lai fu, lu fu, luobo
Dutch: ramenas
Filipino: labanos, rabanos, alibanos
Japanese: daikon
Korean: mu
Malay: lobak putih, lobak, lobak isi
Thai: hua piahs
Vietnamese: cu cai trang

Although there are many varieties of daikon, the most common in Japan, the Aokubi Daikon, has the shape of a giant carrot, approximately 20 to 35 cm (8 to 14 inches) long and 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) in diameter. One of the most unusually shaped varieties of daikon is the Sakurajima from Kagoshima Prefecture, shaped like an oversized turnip with white outside and bright pink inside.

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