Allium hookeri
Allium hookeri is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Bhutan, and southwestern China (Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan). Common names include Hooker chives and garlic chives.
| Hooker chives 宽叶韭 kuan ye jiu | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. hookeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium hookeri | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Allium tsoongii F.T.Wang & Tang | |
Allium hookeri produces thick, fleshy roots and a cluster of thin bulbs. Scapes are up top 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow, about the same length as the scapes but only 1 cm across. Umbels are crowded with many white or greenish-yellow flowers.[2][3][4][5]
Uses
Allium hookeri is widely cultivated outside its native range, and valued as a food item in much of South and Southeast Asia.[2][6]
References
- The Plant List
- Flora of China v 24 p 174 宽叶韭 kuan ye jiu Allium hookeri
- Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1864. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae, an enumeration of Ceylon plants, p 339.
- F.T.Wang & Tang. 1937. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany. Peiping 7: 292. 1937
- Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Thimphu.
- Flowers of India, Hooker chives, Allium hookeri
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