Allium przewalskianum
| jimbu Ladakh onion 青甘韭 qing gan jiu | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Tribe: | Allieae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. przewalskianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium przewalskianum Regel | |
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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][8][9]
Allium przewalskianum is one of two species referred to as jimbu in Nepal, used in Nepalese cuisine. The other is Allium hypsistum.[10]
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Regel, Eduard August von 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 164. in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Allium przewalskianum Regel
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 1 2 Flora of China v 24 p 183 Allium przewalskianum
- ↑ Flowers of India, Ladakh Onion, Allium przewalskianum
- ↑ line drawing of Allium przewalskianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 188, 1-3
- ↑ Regel, Eduard August von. 1875. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 164.
- ↑ B.S. Aswal & B.N. Mehrotra, Flora of Lahaul-Spiti: (a cold desert in North West Himalaya, India) 599, as Allium jacquemontii var. parviflorum
- ↑ Nepal, Ram Chandra (2006), Status, Use and Management of Jimbu (Allium spp): A case study from Upper Mustang, Nepal (PDF), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (MSc thesis), retrieved 2012-01-05; abstract
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