allium sp

Leek (allium sp) has been planted since many abak ago in China and Japan. He is a perennial plant (annual) cultivated annual (seasonal) or biennial (two seasons). Onion plants do not produce tubers, leaves, long round, and hollow like a pipe. Flower structure with red onion, with a white flower color. The seeds are still young and after old white to black. There are two types of onion leaves, the daffodil onion (allium fistulosum) or onion Semprong / flashing symbol and leek (allium porrum) or leek. The first has a small bulb with round leaves, long and hollow like a pipe. While the second does not have a bulb with long leaves, long berpelepah flat, and clay. Onion leaves contain many known saponins, tannins, and essential oils with the abortion, Onion Leaves efficacious to relieve flatulence, coughs, flu, shortness of breath because of the flu, diuretics, diaforetik, joint pain and anti-inflammatory; eliminate swelling due to ulcers, as well as eliminating free insect bites.