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Common
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Onion |
| Botanical
Name: |
Allium cepa |
| Varieties: |
Red, Yellow, White,
Oblate, Globe and spindle shaped onions. |
| Export
Market: |
Bharain, Bangladesh,
Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sri
Lanka and UAE. |
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Description:
Earliest Onion cultivation was as long as
5000 years ago. Onion have more than 300
species of which 70 are cultivated. The
onion is a hardy biennial grown as an annual
from seed or from sets (small bulbs). It
is usually grown for its firm, ripe bulb,
but also grown for its immature stems (shallow
and green onions). These two types are known
as "bulbous" and "bunching". Bulb is the
part that is used as a spice. India's average
production is 4-4.5 million MTs.
Uses:
As an important flavouring ingredient in
the preparation of food.
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