Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.

 
  • Family : LILIACEAE
    (Lily Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaryllidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Allium angulosum Lour.; Allium argyi H.Lév.; Allium chinense Maxim.; Allium clarkei Hook.f.; Allium roxburghii Kunth; Allium tricoccum Blanco; Allium tuberosum Roxb.; Allium tuberosum f. yezoense (Nakai) M.Hiroe; Allium uliginosum G.Don; Allium yesoense Nakai; Nothoscordum sulvia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kunth
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.
  • Common name : Garlic chives, Chinese leeks, Chinese chives, Fragrant Onion
  • Vernacular name :
    • Maroi nakuppi (Manipuri)
    • Dundu (Nepali)
    • Namra (Tangkhul)
    • Kham-pu-run (Mizo)
    • Themera (Angami)
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Among shrubs, also widely cultivated as a vegetable; 1000 - 2600 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : China, India, Nepal, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (South-West Shanxi) and Alabama, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Korea, Massachusetts, Myanmar, Nauru, Nebraska, New York, Philippines, Seychelles, Thailand, Tibet, Wisconsin
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 239
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Allium tuberosum. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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