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Garlic

Allium sativum — The stinking rose

Garlic, Allium sativum
Botanical name
Allium sativum
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Origin
Global
Tradition
Global
Grows in
Garden
Compound classes
enzymes
Flavour
Pungently warm, acrid and intensely aromatic — odour is the quality marker; stronger odour = more allicin
Habitat
Temperate Asian native (Central Asia)
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