() • Wasabia japonica • Alliaria wasabi • Cochlearia wasabi • Eutrema koreanum • Eutrema okinosimense • Eutrema wasabi • Lunaria japonica • Wasabia pungens • Wasabia wasabi Wasabi (Japanese ワサビ, わさび or; Eutrema japonicum or Wasabia japonica) or Japanese horseradish is a plant of the family, which also includes and in other. A made from its ground is used as a for and other foods.
It is similar in taste to or horseradish rather than in that it stimulates the more than the. The plant grows naturally along in mountain in.
The two main in the marketplace are E. Japonicum 'Daruma' and 'Mazuma', but there are many others. The oldest record of wasabi as a food dates to the 8th century CE. The popularity of wasabi in English-speaking countries has tracked that of, growing steadily starting in about 1980.
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