This article is about the plant. For the film series, see Kara no Kyoukai.
| Allium chinense | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Alliaceae |
| Genus: | Allium |
| Species: | A. chinense |
| Binomial name | |
| Allium chinense G.Don. |
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Allium chinense (ラッキョウ Rakkyō in Japanese,Chinese: 薤; pinyin: xiè, củ kiệu in Vietnamese or Chinese: 藠头; pinyin: jiào, syn. Allium bakeri Regel, Allium splendens Willd. ex Schult.f.) is an edible plant in the Alliaceae family.
It is also used as a folk medicine curing heart disease.
This plant is used as a pickled meal during Vietnamese New Year- Tết holiday.
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See also
Media related to Allium chinense at Wikimedia Commons- Garlic chives
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