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1a. Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris 
甜菜(原变种) tian cai (yuan bian zhong) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Description from Flora of China 
Beta vulgaris var. rosea Moquin-Tandon. 
Root purple-red, tuberlike, fusiform to globose. Leaf veins purple-red. 
The roots are used as a vegetable (red beet). 
Cultivated mostly.  in Beijing [of cultivated origin].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
                             
	 
                      
                         
		
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