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{{short description|Species of plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020|cs1-dates=ly}}
{{Speciesbox
|name=jimbu Ladakh onion {{lang|zh|青甘韭}} qing gan jiu
|taxon = Allium przewalskianum
|parent = Allium subg. Rhizirideum
|authority = [[Eduard August von Regel|Regel]]
|synonyms=*''Allium jacquemontii'' Regel
*''Allium jacquemontii'' var. ''parviflorum'' (Ledeb.) Aswal
*''Allium junceum'' Jacquem. ex Baker
*''Allium przewalskianum'' var. ''planifolium'' Regel
*''Allium rubellum'' var. ''parviflorum'' Ledeb.
*''Allium stenophyllum'' Wall.
*''Allium stoliczkii'' Regel
|synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296330 The Plant List]</ref>
}}

'''''Allium przewalskianum''''' is an [[Asia]]n [[species]] of ''[[Allium|wild onion]]'' in the [[Amaryllidaceae|Amaryllis family]].<ref name=Regel/><ref name=Tropicos/><ref name=WCSP/>

The species is widely distributed in mountains areas in the [[Himalayas]] ([[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]]) and parts of [[China]] ([[Gansu]], [[Inner Mongolia]], [[Ningxia]], [[Qinghai]], [[Shaanxi]], [[Sichuan]], [[Xinjiang]], [[Tibet]], [[Yunnan]]).<ref name=FoC/><ref name=FoI/>

''Allium przewalskianum'' has narrow bulbs up to 10 mm across. [[Scape (botany)|Scape]] is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are tubular, about the same length as the scape. [[Umbel]] is densely crowded with many red or dark purple flowers.<ref name=FoC/><ref name=FoCIll/><ref name=Regel/><ref name=AswaMehr/>

''Allium przewalskianum'' is one of two species referred to as '''[[jimbu]]''' in [[Nepal]], used in [[Nepalese cuisine]]. The other is ''[[Allium hypsistum]]''.<ref name=Nepa06/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=AswaMehr>B.S. Aswal & B.N. Mehrotra, Flora of Lahaul-Spiti: (a cold desert in North West Himalaya, India) 599, as ''Allium jacquemontii'' var. ''parviflorum''</ref>

<ref name=FoC>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027523 Flora of China v 24 p 183, ''Allium przewalskianum'']</ref>

<ref name=FoCIll>[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/56920 Line drawing of ''Allium przewalskianum'', Flora of China Illustrations vol. 24, fig. 188, 1–3]</ref>

<ref name=FoI>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ladakh%20Onion.html |title=Flowers of India, Ladakh Onion, ''Allium przewalskianum'' |access-date=14 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531052204/http://flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ladakh%20Onion.html |archive-date=31 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=Nepa06>{{Citation |last=Nepal |first=Ram Chandra |year=2006 |title=Status, Use and Management of Jimbu (''Alliu''m spp): A case study from Upper Mustang, Nepal |publisher=Norwegian University of Life Sciences (MSc thesis) |url=http://www.forestrynepal.org/images/thesis/MSc_RCNepal.pdf |accessdate=5 January 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218204741/http://www.forestrynepal.org/publications/thesis/2596 |archivedate= 18 February 2012}}</ref>

<ref name=Regel>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15950088#page/335/mode/1up Regel, Eduard August von (1875), ''Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaničeskago Sada'' 3(2): 164], in Latin</ref>

<ref name=Tropicos>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/18406643 Tropicos, ''Allium przewalskianum'' Regel]</ref>

<ref name=WCSP>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=296330 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{PFAF|Allium przewalskianum}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q4732926}}

[[Category:Allium|przewalskianum]]
[[Category:Onions]]
[[Category:Nepalese cuisine]]
[[Category:Flora of China]]
[[Category:Flora of East Himalaya]]
[[Category:Flora of Nepal]]
[[Category:Flora of West Himalaya]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1875]]

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