Allium ampeloprasum

Allium Ampeloprasum

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Allium ampeloprasum

Allium ampeloprasum is a member of the onion

Onion

Onion is a term used for many plants in the genus Allium. They are known by the common name "onion" but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa....
genus Allium

Allium

Allium is the onion genus, with about 1250 species, making it one of the largest plant genera in the world. They are perennial plant bulbous plants that produce chemical compounds that give them a characteristic onion or garlic taste and odor, and many are used as food plants....
, in the family Alliaceae
Alliaceae

Alliaceae is a Family of herbaceous perennial plant flowering plants. They are monocots, part of Order Asparagales. The family has been widely but not universally recognised; in the past, the plants involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae, and still are by some botanists....
. The wild plant is commonly known as (Broadleaf) Wild Leek - not to be confused with the N. American Allium tricoccum of the same name. Its native range is S. Europe to W. Asia, and seems to have been introduced to Britain by prehistoric people, where its habitat consists of rocky places near the coast in south-west England and Wales. It has been differentiated into three different cultivated vegetables, namely leek, elephant garlic
Elephant Garlic

Elephant garlic is a variety of garlic with very large cloves and a tender, mild, slightly sweet flavor. Many grocers stock elephant garlic when it is in season, and it is also very easy to grow at home....
and kurrat
Kurrat

Kurrat, or Egyptian leek , is grown in the Middle East for its leaves. It is closely related to Elephant Garlic and Leek s and is generally regarded as being in the same species, though it is also commonly listed as Allium kurrat....
. In tidewater Virginia
Virginia

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, the plant is commonly known as the “Yorktown
Yorktown

Yorktown may refer to:...
Onion.”
Synonym

Allium porrum L.

Vernacular names

Allium ampeloprasum comprises several vegetables, of which the most important ones are known as

leek (English
English language

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), poireau (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
), alho porro (Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
);
great-headed garlic, elephant garlic (English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
), ail à grosse tête (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
);
pearl onion (English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
), poireau perpétuel, petit poireau antillais (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
), alho bravo, alho inglês (Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
)
kurrat (English, French).
Persian
Persian language

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: Tareh (Allium ampeloprasum ssp. persicum)
Tamil
Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has Official language in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore....
: ?????????????? (Iraakuuccittam)

See also

Wild leek
Wild leek

Allium tricoccum, commonly known as ramps, spring onion, ramson, wild leek, or ail des bois , is a member of the onion family ....
Ramsons
Ramsons

Ramson ' is a wild relative of chives. The Latin name owes to the brown bear's taste for the bulbs and habit of digging up the ground to get at them; they are also a favorite of wild boar....

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