Taxon:
Allium fistulosum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:301. 1753
Verified:
01/11/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
bunching onion – Japanese bunching onion – Welsh onion – French
ail fistuleux – ciboule – German
Schnittzwiebel – Winterzwiebel – Italian
cipoletta – cipolla d'inverno – Japanese Rōmaji
negi – Spanish
cebolleta – Swedish
piplök – Transcribed Chinese
cong – Transcribed Korean
ba – Transliterated Russian
luk batun – luk dudčatyj –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia | Ciscaucasia | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia | Eastern Siberia | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation-Western Siberia | Western Siberia | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation-European part | European part | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territories | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin e. Asia |
Cultivated
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana, Sierra Leone
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Norway
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Naturalized
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territories], United States [Alaska]
Other
(probable origin e. Asia)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Food additives | flavoring | | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |
Human food | vegetable | leaves, pseudostems | Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:12. |
Medicines | folklore | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:73-77. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |