Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.

Description:

Padang Lembu, Kedah, Malaysia. Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. Amaryllidaceae, also placed in: Alliaceae, Liliaceae. CN: [Malay - Kucai], Chinese chives, Chinese leek, Garlic chives, Oriental garlic. Native of China; elsewhere cultivated. Food flavoring and vegetable, ornamental and folk medicine. Perennial herb forming dense clumps ca 20-40 cm tall; spreading rhizomes, bulb indistinct, narrowly ovoid ca 15-20 mm x 15 mm. Leaves distichious, linear ca 13-45 cm x 2-10 mm, flat above, slightly keeled below. Inflorescence umbellate, many flowered, white, widely opened, star-like, fragrant. Fruit obovoid ca 5-6 mm long and wide. Seed irregularly depressed, spherical ca 3-4 mm long, black.Synonym(s):Allium clarkei Hook. f.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2409www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic_chives