welsh onion

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Welsh onion
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Allium fistulosum at a farm

Allium fistulosum at a farm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Alliaceae
Genus:Allium
Species:fistulosum
Binomial name
Allium fistulosum
Linnaeus
Allium fistulosum L., widely known as the Welsh onion, is a member of the onion family, Alliaceae. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related garden onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (tree onions) exist. The Welsh onion, however, does not develop bulbs, and possesses hollow leaves and scapes (fistulosum means "hollow"). Large varieties of the Welsh onion resemble the leek, such as the Japanese 'negi', whilst smaller varieties resemble chives.

Besides Welsh onion, Allium fistulosum is known as 'Japanese bunching onion', 'green onion', 'spring onion' and 'scallion'. It is known in French as 'ciboule', and in Portuguese as cebolinha or cozida. [1] Historically, the Welsh onion was known as the 'cibol'.[2]

The name 'Welsh onion' is a misnomer in modern English, as Allium fistulosum is not indigenous to Wales. "Welsh" preserves the original meaning of the Old English word welisc, or old German 'welsche', meaning "foreign". The species originated in Asia, possibly Siberia or China. Welsh onions are known as 蔥 (pinyin: cōng) in Chinese, 葱 or ネギ in Japanese (the Japanese transliteration, 'negi', is another term for Welsh onions), and 파 ('pa') in Korean.

Uses

The Welsh onion is widely used in cooking. It is a particularly important ingredient in Asian cuisine, especially in East and Southeast Asia. It is used in Russia in the spring for adding green leaves to salads. In Japan it is used in miso soup and in the takoyaki dumpling dish, among others.

It is often grown in a bunch as an ornamental plant.

References

1. ^ Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.
2. ^ Ward, A: "The Encyclopedia of Food and Beverage", New York, 1911. Retrieved January 5, 2007.

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Liliopsida - Monocots

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Asparagales is an order of flowering plants. The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications.
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Alliaceae
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Alliaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial flowering plants. They are monocots, part of order Asparagales.
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A. cepa

Binomial name
Allium cepa
L.

Many plants in the genus Allium are known by the common name onion but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa.
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Alliaceae
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Genera
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Alliaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial flowering plants. They are monocots, part of order Asparagales.
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A. cepa

Binomial name
Allium cepa
L.

Many plants in the genus Allium are known by the common name onion but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa.
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A. cepa

Binomial name
Allium cepa
L.

Many plants in the genus Allium are known by the common name onion but, used without qualifiers, it usually refers to Allium cepa.
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Tree onions are a strong-growing onion with a bunch of bulblets where a normal onion would have flowers. They are members of the "proliferum" cultivar of the onion (Allium cepa), and are also commonly called Top Onions, Topset Onions, Walking Onions
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leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat (laminar) and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast (chlorenchyma tissue, a type of parenchyma) to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate
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scapes are flowering stems, usually leafless, rising from the crown or roots of a plant. Scapes can have a single flower or many flowers, depending on the species. Some show scales, foliaceous bracts and sometimes even branches.
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A. ampeloprasum var. porrum

Trinomial name
Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
(L.) J.Gay

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A. schoenoprasum

Binomial name
Allium schoenoprasum
L.

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scallion, also commonly known as green onion or spring onion, is associated with various members of the genus Allium that lack a fully-developed bulb.
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Motto
Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
Anthem
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ISO 639-3: ang Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Englisc
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