Taxon:
Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:38. 1825
Verified:
01/16/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Chinese chives – Chinese leek – garlic chives – Oriental garlic – French
ciboulette chinoise – German
chinesischer Schnittlauch – Schnittknoblauch – Japanese Rōmaji
nira – Spanish
cive chino – Transcribed Chinese
jiu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shanxi Sheng | s.w. |
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-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
2 | Cultivated | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | | Europe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | s. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Shanxi Sheng (s.w.)]
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India (n.), Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
Europe
Northern America
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies, Cuba
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4 |
Food additives | flavoring | | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. |
Food additives | flavoring | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:80-82. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Human food | vegetable | both leaves & flowers | Brewster, J. L. 1994. Onions and other vegetable alliums. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 3:15. |
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. |