Allium przewalskianum

Allium przewalskianum is an Asian species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family.[2][3][4]

jimbu
Ladakh onion
青甘韭 qing gan jiu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Species:
A. przewalskianum
Binomial name
Allium przewalskianum
Synonyms[1]
  • Allium jacquemontii Regel
  • Allium jacquemontii var. parviflorum (Ledeb.) Aswal
  • Allium junceum Jacquem. ex Baker
  • Allium przewalskianum var. planifolium Regel
  • Allium rubellum var. parviflorum Ledeb.
  • Allium stenophyllum Wall.
  • Allium stoliczkii Regel

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
  1. The Plant List
  2. Regel, Eduard August von (1875), Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 164, in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Allium przewalskianum Regel
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Flora of China v 24 p 183, Allium przewalskianum
  6. "Flowers of India, Ladakh Onion, Allium przewalskianum". Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  7. Line drawing of Allium przewalskianum, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 188, 1-3
  8. B.S. Aswal & B.N. Mehrotra, Flora of Lahaul-Spiti: (a cold desert in North West Himalaya, India) 599, as Allium jacquemontii var. parviflorum
  9. 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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