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Allium hypsistum

Allium hypsistum is a bulbous wild onion from central Nepal, grown mainly as a edible herb rather than an ornamental. It is one of two species sold as jimbu, a Nepali flavouring.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during active growth and let the soil dry a little between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty soil or a loam with added grit.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cold in its native highland range.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
C. Nepal
Climate
temperate

About

Allium hypsistum is a Nepalese species of wild onion in the Amaryllis family.

Allium hypsistum is one of two species referred to as jimbu in Nepal, used in Nepalese cuisine. The other is Allium przewalskianum.

Other Allium plants

South Idaho onion · Allium abbasii · Abrams' allium · Allium acidoides · Allium aciphyllum · Tapertip onion · Allium acutiflorum · Allium aeginiense · Allium aflatunense · Allium agrigentinum · Allium akaka · Allium akirense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium hypsistum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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