Species of plant
Allium przewalskianum Asian species of wild onion Amaryllis family .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The species is widely distributed in mountains areas in the Himalayas (India , Nepal , Pakistan ) and parts of China (Gansu , Inner Mongolia , Ningxia , Qinghai , Shaanxi , Sichuan , Xinjiang , Tibet , Yunnan ).[ 5] [ 6]
Allium przewalskianum has narrow bulbs up to 10 mm across. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about the same length as the scape. Umbel is densely crowded with many red or dark purple flowers.[ 5] [ 7] [ 2] [ 8]
Allium przewalskianum is one of two species referred to as jimbu Nepal , used in Nepalese cuisine . The other is Allium hypsistum [ 9]
References
^ The Plant List ^ a b Regel, Eduard August von (1875), Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada 3(2): 164 , in Latin^ Tropicos, Allium przewalskianum Regel ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ^ a b Flora of China v 24 p 183, Allium przewalskianum ^ "Flowers of India, Ladakh Onion, Allium przewalskianum " . Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-04-14 .^ Line drawing of Allium przewalskianum , Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 188, 1-3 ^ B.S. Aswal & B.N. Mehrotra, Flora of Lahaul-Spiti: (a cold desert in North West Himalaya, India) 599, as Allium jacquemontii var. parviflorum
^ Nepal, Ram Chandra (2006), Status, Use and Management of Jimbu ( Allium spp): A case study from Upper Mustang, Nepal the original (PDF) on 2012-02-18, retrieved 2012-01-05
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