Allium cepa
Although it is considered a modest vegetable (the dressing of the poor “), onion natural medicinal properties and a very good nutritional supplement. This vegetable is a veritable fountain of health.
History:
As culture is known for 3000 years A. C. They knew the Sumerians (Mesopotamia) in S. VI BC and in Greece and Rome in the S. V a. n e. It began growing in the Middle East and America was brought by Columbus in 1492.
The study of pharaonic tomb inscriptions indicates the presence of onion in ancient Egypt. During the Middle Ages, onions could be present both in the menus in the palace as smaller plates.
Features
Biennial plant: first year or phase: from seedling to vegetative bulb formation, which is the body of the second year recess period or reproductive phase, corresponds to the production of seeds.
