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Onion

Allium cepa is a herbaceous, perennial plant (usually grown as an annual or biennial in cultivation) producing 4 - 10 leaves about 30cm long and a flowering scape that can be up to 100cm tall from an underground bulb. The plant divides, forming in time a cluster of plants.

Uses

Sores, Wasp stings, Bites, Earache^[1]

Parts Used

Bulb, Flowers, Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Onion has been found to contain quercetin, fructose, quercetin-3-glucoside, isorhamnetin-4-glucoside, xylose, galactose, glucose, mannose, organosulfur compounds etc.^[2]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Irulli
Hindi	Pyaj
Malayalam	Bavanga
Tamil	Vengayam
Telugu	Nirulli
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Palaandu
English	Onion

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Evergreen Bulb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

^[3]

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
				{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Onions are best grown in a Mediterranean climate, the hot dry summers ensuring that the bulbs are ripened fully.^[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

↑ Karnataka Medicinal Plants-Vol 2 book by Dr. M. R. Gurudeva, Page no:90
↑ Chemical constituents
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Leaf
↑ Useful Temperate plants

External Links

[Uses-1] Karnataka Medicinal Plants-Vol 2 book by Dr. M. R. Gurudeva, Page no:90

[chemical_composition-2] Chemical constituents

[Leaf-3] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Leaf

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-4] Useful Temperate plants

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 '''Allium cepa''' is a herbaceous, perennial plant (usually grown as an annual or biennial in cultivation) producing 4 - 10 leaves about 30cm long and a flowering scape that can be up to 100cm tall from an underground bulb. The plant divides, forming in time a cluster of plants.
 ==Uses==
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 ==Parts Used==