What is bala in english?
The species Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don is known by the common name Bala in Bembé and Ngundi.
The species Allium cepa L. var. cepa is known by the common name Bala in Bembé.
The species Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca is known by the common name Bala in Malayalam.
The species Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. is known by the common name Bāla in Kashmiri.
- Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don
Allium cepa L. var. Aggregatum contains shallots and potato onions, also referred to as multiplier onions. The bulbs are smaller than those of common onions, and a single plant forms an aggregate cluster of several bulbs. They are propagated almost exclusively from daughter bulbs, although reproduction from seed is possible. Shallots are the most important subgroup within this group and comprise the only cultivars cultivated commercially. They form aggregate clusters of small, narrowly ovoid to pear-shaped bulbs. Potato onions differ from shallots in forming larger bulbs with fewer bulbs per cluster, and having a flattened (onion-like) shape. However, intermediate forms exist.
In English, Bala (Allium cepa L. var. aggregatum G. Don) is known by Multiplier onion, Potato onion, or Shallot.
- Allium cepa L. var. cepa
Allium cepa L. var cepa provides most of the diversity within the A. cepa group and it is the most economically important Allium crop. Plants within this group form large single bulbs, and are grown from seed or seed-grown sets. The majority of cultivars grown for dry bulbs, salad onions, and pickling onions belong to this group. The range of diversity found among these cultivars includes variation in photoperiod (length of day that triggers bulbing), storage life, flavour, and skin colour. Common onions range from the pungent varieties used for dried soups and onion powder to the mild and hearty sweet onions, such as the Vidalia from Georgia, USA, or Walla Walla from Washington that can be sliced and eaten raw on a sandwich.
In English, Bala (Allium cepa L. var. cepa) is known by Bulb onion, Common onion, or Onion.
- Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca
Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca, i.e. the plantain or the banana is a herbaceous flowering plant often considered both a vegetable as well as a fruit and many languages do not differentiate between the two. Besides the fruit, banana flower buds are also edible and have similar labelling issues. A loose distinction made between the banana and the plantain is that the plantain is a banana which is cooked.
In English, Bala (Musa × paradisiaca L. var. paradisiaca) is known by Banana inflorescence or Plantain.
- Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.
The carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable native to Central Asia. Initially purple, an orange version was cultivated in the Netherlands in the 17 century.
In English, Bala (Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.) is known by Carrot.
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