✿Amaryllidaceae · Allium
Pyaj / Common Onion
Allium cepa
outdoor
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Allium cepa
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Delhi
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Basal
Typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Amaryllidaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- प्याज pyaj
- Tamil
- வெங்காயம்
- Telugu
- ఉల్లిపాయ
- Marathi
- कांदा
- Bengali
- পিয়াজ
- Odia
- ପିଆଜ
- Urdu
- پیاز
- Sinhala
- රතු ලූණු, ලොකු ළූණු
About Pyaj
Common Onion (Allium cepa) is a plant belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family (Amaryllis Family). It is usually grown in outdoor settings.
Botanical family
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis Family
Pyaj belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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