What is Allium fistulosum L. in english?
- Allium fistulosum L.
Allium fisulosum (also known as the Japanese bunching onion) was historically the main allium vegetable of China and Japan where it has been cultivated for more than 2000 years and remains very important. While growing, the Japanese bunching onion is very similar in appearance to the common onion, but it does not form dormant bulbs. They have been grouped into four major types: the Kaga, Senju, Kujyo and Yagura negi.
In English, Allium fistulosum L. is known by Japanese bunching onion or Welsh onion.
- Welsh onion
"Welsh onion" derives from old German "welsch" meaning foreign, as the species is native to China. Allium fistulosum is not indigenous to Wales or particularly common in Welsh cuisine; it is Allium ampeloprasum (the leek) which is the national vegetable of Wales.
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