''Allium hypsistum'' is a
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
ese
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
wild onion Wild onion can refer to
* any uncultivated species in the genus ''Allium'', especially:
**'' Allium bisceptrum''
** ''Allium canadense''
** ''Allium tricoccum''
** '' Allium validum''
** '' Allium vineale''
** ''Allium ochotense''
* '' Asphodelus te ...
in the
Amaryllis family.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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''Allium hypsistum'' is one of two species referred to as jimbu
Jimbu is an herb belonging to the onion family, used extensively in some regions of Nepal and in some central Himalayan states of India, such as Uttarakhand, where it is called jamboo or faran. It is composed of two species of ''Allium'', '' A. hy ...
in Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
, used in Nepalese cuisine
Nepali cuisine comprises a variety of cuisines based upon ethnicity, alluvial soil and Geography of Nepal#Climate, climate relating to cultural diversity and Geography of Nepal, geography of Nepal and neighboring regions of Sikkim and Gorkha ...
. The other is '' Allium przewalskianum''.
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References
Nepalese cuisine
Endemic flora of Nepal
hypsistum
Plants described in 1960
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