Allium microdictyon
Prokh.
AmaryllidaceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Bulb ?
The bulb is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Asia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A temperate bulb-forming member of the onion genus (Amaryllidaceae family).
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allium microdictyon is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to eastern Siberia, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, and the southern portions of the Russian Far East. It is very similar to Allium ochotense and is called 'mountain garlic' along with it by Koreans, who consume their leaves as a side dish.
References (2)
- Country Report on the State of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Kazakhstan Republic. 2007, FAO
- Urgamal, M., et al, 2014, Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Mongolia. Mongolia Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany and National University of Mongolia Department of Biology. p 47
