Synonyms:

• (=) Allium clarkei Hook. f.
• (=) Allium uliginosum G. Don

Common names:

• Chinese chives  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• Chinese leek  (Source: Cornucopia) - English
• garlic chives  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• Oriental garlic  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• ciboulette chinoise  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• chinesischer Schnittlauch  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Schnittknoblauch  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• nira  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• cive chino  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• jiu  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Food additives: flavoring (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:80. 1993; Cornucopia)
• Environmental: ornamental ()
• Human food: vegetable (both leaves & flowers fide Crop Prod Sci Hort 3:15. 1994)
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of Chinese chives (fide Docum Domestication 134-142.)
• Medicines: folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):100. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Shanxi (s.w.)]


Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Nepal
• INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

• Europe

Northern America

• United States

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba, West Indies


Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China (s.)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2409. Accessed 21 April 2018.