Allium cepa
Nombres vernáculos
(en territorios con usos significativos TRAMIL)
Santo Domingo:
- cebollín
Haití:
- zechalot
Distribución geográfica
Oriunda de Asia occidental es extensamente cultivada en el mundo entero.
Descripción botánica
Hierba bulbífera escamosa, bulbos divididos de hasta 10 cm de diámetro, tunicados. Hojas basales, de hasta 40 cm, huecas, semicirculares en sección transversal. Escapo de hasta 60 cm de altura. Abundantes flores moradas o casi blancas, agrupadas en una umbela grande, esférica, con 2 a 3 brácteas. Fruto capsular. Raras veces llega a producir semillas.
Voucher(s)
Germosén-Robineau,125,JBSD
Boulogne,TH1,UAG
Farmacopea
Ed.3References
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