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Is the plant, mustard, grown in China?

Yes

Please refer to it! You can also search for "wasabi" in Baidu, which is a better way to find it. Wasabi grows at high altitudes in the mountains, and Alishan is the largest source of wasabi in Taiwan

Wasabi, also known as wasabi, is a perennial plant of the genus Wasabi in the family Cruciferae. Wasabi is a perennial herb of the genus Cruciferae, native to Japan, is a vegetable with high economic value and a medicinal plant, and is a must-have for Japanese-style meals. Wasabi contains ingredients that can prevent tooth decay, and is also effective in preventing cancer, preventing blood clots, and treating asthma. It promotes appetite, aids digestion, assists in the stabilization of vitamin C in the intestines, has strong antiseptic properties, kills cholera bacteria, prevents food poisoning, and resists the growth of mold in food. Wasabi also has therapeutic properties such as sweating, diuretic, detoxification, blood cleansing, improves appetite and blood circulation. The Japanese use the rhizome to grind into a sauce with a bright green color and a strong pungent flavor, as an accompaniment to eating sashimi, sushi and soba noodles, and as a processed ingredient in the seafood condiment, green mustard chili. It has strong antiseptic and digestive system parasite-killing effects, and also promotes the digestion of starchy foods and stabilizes vitamin C in the stomach and intestines. In addition to the rhizomes, which are used as condiments for sashimi, sushi and wasabi noodles, the petioles and cork stems can be used directly as fresh vegetables, such as cut into segments and marinated with sauce, sake lees, vinegar, etc., which is a unique flavor. Wasabi sauce or juice wrapped in gauze and applied to the affected area, can also reduce neuropathic pain. Its health care and medicinal functions are also increasingly by the international attention, the scope of consumption is expanding.

Wasabi is wild in the cold and damp mountains and valleys of Japan and China. Japan 350 years ago began artificial cultivation, China's Taiwan Province is also widely cultivated. However, the production of wasabi has a strong regional characteristics, requires special ecological conditions, the climate, water, soil and other natural conditions have strict requirements.