Garlic
For other uses, see Garlic (disambiguation). Garlic Allium sativum , known as garlic, from William Woodville, Medical Botany , 1793. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade : Angiosperms Clade : Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Amaryllidaceae Subfamily: Allioideae Genus: Allium Species: A. sativum Binomial name Allium sativum L. [1] Synonyms Synonymy Allium arenarium Sadler ex Rchb. 1830 not L. 1753 Allium controversum Schrad. ex Wild. Allium longicuspis Regel Allium ophioscorodon Link Allium pekinense Prokh. Porrum ophioscorodon (Link) Rchb. Porrum sativum (L.) Rchb. 1830 not (L.) Mill. 1768 Garlic ( Allium sativum ) is a species in the onion genus, Allium . Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, [2] and Chinese onion . [3] Garlic is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran, and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use. [1] [2] It was known to ancient Egyptians, and...