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Important Benefits of Scallion, Green Onion or Spring Onion

Benefits of Scallion, Green Onion or Spring Onion

Scallion also called green onions, salad onions, spring onions, or green bunch onions are a vegetable of the Alium onion species harvested at the immature stage before the bulb fully develops. It has a white base that did not fully develop into a bulb, and long green stalks. The white part has more flavor than … Read more

Onion (Allium cepa): Important Health Benefits of the Onion Bulb and Peel

Onion (Allium cepa) Health Benefits of the Onion Bulb and Peel

Onion (Allium cepa L.), also called common onion or bulb onion, is a biennial or perennial is a vegetable belonging to the Allium genus, and Liliaceae family. The Allium genus also contains leeks (Allium ampeloprasum), scallions (Allium fistulosum), shallots (Allium cepa var. aggregatum), and garlic (Allium sativum). The Latin word, cepa means “onion”. Onion may … Read more