Biannual or herbaceous geophyte perennial (depending on the cultivar) , with shallow adventitious fibrous roots . Bulb flat to globular to oblong , with red , white , and yellow colours . Stems erect or sprerading , slender , compressed . Leaves alternate , erect , fleshy , cylindrical , tubular or hollow , yellowish- to bluish green . Inflorescences umbel-like and develops from a ring-like apical meristem . Flowers greenish white to purple , 200–600 individuals . Fruit capsule , dry , dehiscent with black seeds . Seeds glossy black , triangular in cross-section . (Ref . https://en . wikipedia . org) .
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Cepa esculenta Gray
Cepa vulgaris Garsault
Kepa esculenta Raf.
Porrum cepa (L.) Rchb.
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Onion
Common Onion
Bulb Onion
Garden Onion
Add in many food recipes. Also, for fainting or loss of consciousness. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
https://en.wikipedia.org POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z.
