Allium przewalskianum
| 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 | |
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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]
References[edit]
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 183, Allium przewalskianum
- ^ "Flowers of India, Ladakh Onion, Allium przewalskianum". Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- ^ Line drawing of Allium przewalskianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 188, 1-3
- ^ 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, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (MSc thesis), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18, retrieved 2012-01-05
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