Allium iranicum

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Allium iranicum
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Flower of Allium iranicum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Genus: Allium
Subgenus: A. subg. Allium
Species:
A. iranicum
Binomial name
Allium iranicum
Synonyms [2]
  • Allium ampeloprasum subsp. iranicum Wendelbo

Allium iranicum or Afghan leek or Iranian leek is a species of wild leek native to the Zagros Mountains of Iran and northern Iraq. [2] It is used in Iranian traditional medicine as a treatment for hemorrhoids. [3] Its chromosome number is 2n=32. [4]

Adding Allium iranicum to yogurt results in increasing the quality and thickness. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Fl. Iraq 8: 158 (1985)
  2. 1 2 "Allium iranicum". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Mosavat, Seyed Hamdollah; Ghahramani, Leila; Sobhani, Zahra; Haghighi, Ehsan Rahmanian; Chaijan, Mahsa Rostami; Heydari, Mojtaba (2015). "The effect of leek (Allium iranicum (Wendelbo)) leaves extract cream on hemorrhoid patients: A double blind randomized controlled clinical trial". European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 7 (6): 669–673. doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2015.08.008.
  4. ↑ Ghaffari, Seyed (2006). "New cytogenetic information on Allium iranicum (Alliaceae) from Iran". Biologia. 61 (4): 375–379. Bibcode:2006Biolg..61..375G. doi:10.2478/s11756-006-0067-z. S2CID   30344580.
  5. ↑ Pirsa, Sajjad; Amini, Rasoul; Alizadeh, Mohammad (21 January 2019). "Production Of Fortified Stirred-Yogurt Containing Allium iranicum Powder And Evaluation Of Its Shelf-Life, Physicochemical And Sensory Properties". ACECR Scientific Information Database. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
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