name: Welsh Onion

flavor_db_name_variants: welsh onion

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Welsh onion

id: 241

name_scientific: Allium fistulosum

description: Allium fistulosum L. (Welsh onion, Japanese bunching onion) is a perennial onion. Other names that may be applied to this plant include green onion, spring onion, scallion, escallion, and salad onion. These names are ambiguous, as they may also be used to refer to any young green onion stalk, whether grown from Welsh onions, common onions, or other similar members of the genus Allium (see scallion). The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related common onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (tree onions) exist. The Welsh onion, however, does not develop bulbs, and possesses hollow leaves ("fistulosum" means "hollow") and scapes. Large varieties of the Welsh onion resemble the leek, such as the Japanese 'negi', whilst smaller varieties resemble chives. Many Welsh onions can multiply by forming perennial evergreen clumps. Next to culinary use, it is also grown in a bunch as an ornamental plant.

itis_id: 185463

wikipedia_id: Welsh_onion

picture_file_name: 241.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 15355

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:35.000Z

legacy_id: 256

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:28.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:20.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 35875

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public_id: FOOD00241