Allium iranicum or Iranian leek is a species of wild leek native to Afghanistan and Iran.[2] It is used in traditional Iranian medicine as a treatment for hemorrhoids.[3] Its chromosome number is 2n=32.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Allioideae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Subgenus: | A. subg. Allium |
| Species: | A. iranicum
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| Allium iranicum | |
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Adding Allium iranicum to yogurt results in increasing the quality and thickness.[5]
References
edit- ^ Fl. Iraq 8: 158 (1985)
- ^ a b "Allium iranicum". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Mosavat, Seyed Hamdollah; Ghahramani, Leila; Sobhani, Zahra; Haghighi, Ehsan Rahmanian; Chaijan, Mahsa Rostami; Heydari, Mojtaba (2015). "The effect of leek (Allium iranicum (Wendelbo)) leaves extract cream on hemorrhoid patients: A double blind randomized controlled clinical trial". European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 7 (6): 669–673. doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2015.08.008.
- ^ Ghaffari, Seyed (2006). "New cytogenetic information on Allium iranicum (Alliaceae) from Iran". Biologia. 61 (4). doi:10.2478/s11756-006-0067-z. S2CID 30344580.
- ^ Pirsa, Sajjad; Amini, Rasoul; Alizadeh, Mohammad (21 January 2019). "Production Of Fortified Stirred-Yogurt Containing Allium iranicum Powder And Evaluation Of Its Shelf-Life, Physicochemical And Sensory Properties". ACECR Scientific Information Database. Retrieved 25 July 2022.