Mangelwurzel

The mangelwurzel (from German) is also called 'mangel wurzel', 'mangold wurzel', 'mangold',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,  'mangel beet', 'field beet',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 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. Their large white, yellow or orange-yellow swollen roots were developed in the 18th century as a fodder crop for feeding livestock.

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Category:Amaranthaceae
Category:Root vegetables