Allium nigrum L.

Black garlic (en), Ail noir (fr), Ail de Chine (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae > Allium

Characteristics

An onion family herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate or Mediterranean plant.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The leaves and bulbils are used for flavouring.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Amebiasis (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Cardiac (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Pertussis (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Spermatorrhea (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Tumor(Penis) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 17 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Allium nigrum flower picture by Oleg Kalachov (cc-by-sa)
Allium nigrum flower picture by Truus Schijf (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Allium nigrum world distribution map, present in Cyprus, France, Palau, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:528486-1
WFO ID wfo-0000756825
COL ID 65X6V
BDTFX ID 3093
INPN ID 81449
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Allium nigrum f. roseum Allium afrum Allium littoreum Allium nigrum Allium paniculatum Ornithogalum afrum Kalabotis nigrum Allium magicum Allium paucibulbosum Molium paucibulbosum Molium nigrum Allium nigrum f. album Allium odorum Allium bauerianum Canidia magica Caloscordum nigrum Ophioscorodon magicus Allium cyrilli var. magicum Allium nigrum

Lower taxons

Allium paniculatum subsp. longispathum