Garlic (Allium sativum) is a variety of bulbous flowering plants in the genus Allium. Its close family members include the onion, shallot, leek, chives, Welsh onion, and Chinese onion. Garlic is native to central and south Asia, stretching from the Black Sea with the southern Caucasus, northeastern Iran, and the Hindu Kush; it also grows wild in parts of Mediterranean Europe. There are two subspecies and thousands of selections of garlic. Garlic has actually been made use of for thousands of years as a seasoning, cooking ingredient, and typical clinical remedy. It was known in lots of old civilizations, consisting of the Babylonians, Egyptians, Jews, Romans, and Chinese, and stays considerable in lots of foods and individual treatments, especially across the Mediterranean and Asia. Garlic proliferates in a range of environments and conditions and is generated globally; China is by far the biggest manufacturer, accounting for over 2 thirds (73%) of the globe's supply in 2021.
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