Plant Information

Common Name: ONION - WELSH
Scientific Name: Allium fistulosum
Alternative Names: Spring Onion, Bunching Onion

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Description

• Biennial
• Biennial or perennial with cylindrical bulbs, pencil-thick stems and hollow leaves up yo 30cm long.
• Bell-shaped, yellow-white flowers are born in spherical umbels in summer.
• Needs rich, well-drained soil in full sun.
• May be earthed up, like leeks, to blanch stems.
• Fully hardy.
• Seeds can be sown in succession in spring for summer use, and in summer for autumn and spring use.

Culinary Uses

• The leaves are used green in salads or blanched for flavouring in Asian cuisenes, and for tying items of food before serving.
• The lower stems are used like leeks in soups, stews and omelettes.

Parts Used

• The whole plant, bulbs and roots.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• A pungent tonic, antibiotic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and expectorant.
• Stimulates the digestion, lowers fever by increasing perspiration and reduces cholesterol levels.
• A decoction of the fresh plant is taken internally for the early stages of a common cold and for cararrh following respiratory tract infections.

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