Nalini Ji I will kindly request you not to copy paste articles , If you by any means do so please provide reference and citations. Other we can come into trouble involving copyright protection
tanay On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Allium porrum Germanname .Porree * > > The *leek*, *Allium ampeloprasum* var. *porrum* (L.), also sometimes known > as *Allium porrum*, is a > vegetable<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable>which belongs, along with the > onion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion> and > garlic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic>, > to the *Alliaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliaceae>* family. Two > related vegetables, the elephant > garlic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_garlic>and > kurrat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrat>, are also variant > subspecies<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies>of > *Allium ampeloprasum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_ampeloprasum>*, > although different in their uses as food. > > The edible part of the leek plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths which is > sometimes called a *stem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_stem>* or * > stalk*. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
