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Allium sativum (Garlic)
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Alliaceae > Genus: Allium
Garlic is grown as a vegetable and is also used for
medicinal purposes because of its natural antibacterial and antifungal
properties. Allium sativum is a domesticated species, thought to
have originated from Allium longicuspis which is native to Central Asia.
Evidence from Egyption tombs shows that domestication of garlic goes back to at
least 3200 BC. Modern garlic varieties are propagated vegetatively because seeds
are infertile.
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