I- qhathe (i- Daucus carota subsp. Sativus ) iyimifino yezimpande, ejwayelekile ngombala wewolintshi, yize kukhona ama-cultivars ansomi, amnyama, abomvu, amhlophe, wonke amafomu asekhaya isanqante yasendle, iDaucus carota, edabuka eYurophu naseNingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Asia.Lesi sitshalo kungenzeka ukuthi sasivela ePersia futhi ekuqaleni sasitshalwa ngenxa yamaqabunga aso nembewu.Ingxenye yesitshalo edliwa kakhulu yi- taproot, yize iziqu namaqabunga nakho kudliwa.Isanqante yasekhaya sikhethelwe ngokukhetha ngenxa yempande yaso ekhuliswe kakhulu, enambitheka kalula, engaphansi enezinkuni. I-carrot isitshalo esivela kabili emndenini we-umbellifer, i- Apiaceae.Ekuqaleni, ikhula nge- rosette yamaqabunga ngenkathi yakha i-taproot ekhulisiwe.Izinhlobo ezikhula ngokushesha zivuthwa ezinyangeni ezintathu (izinsuku ezingama-90) zokuhlwanyela imbewu, kuyilapho izilimo ezikhula kancane zidinga inyanga ende (izinsuku eziyi-120).Izimpande ziqukethe inani eliphezulu le- alpha- ne- beta-carotene, futhi ziwumthombo omuhle kavithamini K novithamini B6 . I-United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ibika ukuthi ukukhiqizwa ezweni izaqathe kanye turnips (lezi zitshalo ehlangana nge FAO) I-2018 kwaba 40 million wamathani, nge 45% wezindleko izwe likhule ngo China .