Garlic

Allium sativum, commonly kent as ortojan family, is a species in the ingan genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the ingan, shallot, leek, chive,^[1] an rakkyo.^[2] Wi a history o human uise o ower 7,000 years, garlic is native tae central Asie,^[3] an haes lang been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent saisonin in Asie, Africae, an Europe. It wis kent tae Auncient Egyptians, an haes been uised for both culinary an medicinal purposes.^[4]

Garlic (Allium sativum )
Allium sativum, kent as garlic, frae William Woodville, Medical Botany, 1793.
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Faimily:	Amaryllidaceae
Subfaimily:	Allioideae
Genus:	Allium
Species:	A. sativum
Binomial name
Allium sativum L.