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Allium sativum

Scientific name: Allium sativum L.
Botanical family: AMARYLLIDACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Guadeloupe:

  • ail
  • lay

Dominican Republic:

  • ajo

Guatemala:

  • ajo

Barbados:

  • garlic

Haiti:

  • lay

Saint Lucia:

  • lay

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Herbaceous plant with bulbs divided into cloves which are enveloped in a whitish skin.  Scape about 50 cm long.  Leaves smooth, 2 to 3 cm wide.  Umbel dense;flowers pink; ovary oblong-ovoid.

Voucher(s)

Faujour,14,BAR

Fuentes,4635,ROIG

Girón,254,CFEH

Jiménez,1519,JBSD

Longuefosse&Nossin,104,HAVPM


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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