jimbu Ladakh onion 青甘韭 qing gan jiu | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
Species: | A. przewalskianum
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Binomial name | |
Allium przewalskianum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Allium przewalskianum is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family. [2] [3] [4]
The species is widely distributed in mountains areas in the Himalayas ( India, Nepal, Pakistan) and parts of China ( Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan). [5] [6]
Allium przewalskianum has narrow bulbs up to 10 mm across. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about the same length as the scape. Umbel is densely crowded with many red or dark purple flowers. [5] [7] [2] [8]
Allium przewalskianum is one of two species referred to as jimbu in Nepal, used in Nepalese cuisine. The other is Allium hypsistum. [9]
jimbu Ladakh onion 青甘韭 qing gan jiu | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
Subfamily: | Allioideae |
Genus: | Allium |
Subgenus: | A. subg. Rhizirideum |
Species: | A. przewalskianum
|
Binomial name | |
Allium przewalskianum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Allium przewalskianum is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family. [2] [3] [4]
The species is widely distributed in mountains areas in the Himalayas ( India, Nepal, Pakistan) and parts of China ( Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan). [5] [6]
Allium przewalskianum has narrow bulbs up to 10 mm across. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about the same length as the scape. Umbel is densely crowded with many red or dark purple flowers. [5] [7] [2] [8]
Allium przewalskianum is one of two species referred to as jimbu in Nepal, used in Nepalese cuisine. The other is Allium hypsistum. [9]