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Allium sativum

Dangerous to: dogs, cats

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Allium sativum

The story

Garlic has been woven into human history for several thousand years. It was well-known to the ancient Egyptians, who valued it alongside its close relatives like onions and leeks, cementing its legacy as one of our oldest cultivated seasonings.

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Family
Amaryllidaceae

How to use it

Garlic is widely used both as a food flavoring and as a traditional medicine.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

In the kitchen

Garlic has a history of several thousand years of human consumption and is a common seasoning worldwide. It is widely used as a food flavoring.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

About

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion. It 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. It was known to ancient Egyptians, and has been used both as a food flavoring and as a traditional medicine. China produces some 80%...

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Allium sativum
Slug
allium-sativum
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Allium
Species
sativum
Wikidata QID
Q23400
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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