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Elephant Garlic
Allium ampeloprasum
Elephant Garlic · Kurrat · Ackerlauch · Ail Faux-Poireau · Ail d'Orient · Ail faux Poireau · Ail faux poireau, Carambole, Poireau des vignes Poireau d'été, Poireau du levant · Ajoporro · Allo porro · Broadleaf Wild Leek · Broadleaf wild leek · Carambole · Cenhinan Wyllt · Cenhinen Wyllt · Cennin Gwyllt · Francia v. nyári hagyma · Garlleg Mawr Pengrwn · Great-headed Garlic · Gäärslook · Leek · Levant Garlic · Perlzwiebel
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abscess, Ascariasis, Cold, Cough
Science studied: ACETYL-SYNTHETASE, ADENYLIC-ACID, ALANINE, ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Liliaceae
Scientific name: Allium ampeloprasum
Common names: Elephant Garlic, Kurrat, Ackerlauch, Ail Faux-Poireau, Ail d'Orient, Ail faux Poireau, Ail faux poireau, Carambole, Poireau des vignes Poireau d'été, Poireau du levant, Ajoporro, Allo porro, Broadleaf Wild Leek, Broadleaf wild leek, Carambole, Cenhinan Wyllt, Cenhinen Wyllt, Cennin Gwyllt, Francia v. nyári hagyma, Garlleg Mawr Pengrwn, Great-headed Garlic, Gäärslook, Leek, Levant Garlic, Perlzwiebel
POWO: 332079-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in China.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abscess
- Ascariasis
- Cold
- Cough
- Dysentery
- Rhinitis
- Tuberculosis
- Vermifuge
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- Boil
- Diarrhea
- Ringworm
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
Documented cultural uses
- Abscess
- Ascariasis
- Cold
- Cough
- Dysentery
- Rhinitis
- Tuberculosis
- Vermifuge
- Boil
- Diarrhea
- Ringworm
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Abscess · China · "
- Ascariasis · China · "
- Cold · China · "
- Cough · China · "
- Dysentery · China · "
- Rhinitis · China · "
- Tuberculosis · China · "
- Vermifuge · China · "
- Boil · China · "
- Diarrhea · China · "
- Ringworm · China · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Functional Metagenomics Insights Into the Allium ampeloprasum Rhizosphere Microbiome Under Different Fertilization Regimes. · 2026 source ↗
- Response of leek (Allium ampeloprasum L.) to nitrogen levels from different Sources under Calcareous Soil Conditions, (II) Nutritional Status · 2026 source ↗
- Amending soil with leonardite decreases ciprofloxacin uptake and improves rhizosphere properties of leek (Allium ampeloprasum L.). · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETYL-SYNTHETASE
- ADENYLIC-ACID
- ALANINE
- ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE
- ALLITHIAMINE
- ALLYL
- ALLYL-SULFIDE
- ALUMINUM-PHOSPHATE
- ARGINASE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASCORBIC-ACID-OXIDASE
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BUTYL-SULFIDE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
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- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CATALASE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
- 3,5-DIALKYLTRITHIOLANES
- DIALLYL-SULFIDE
- DIKETOGLUCONIC-ACID
- DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE
- DI-PROPYL-THIOSULFINATES
- ESCULETIN
- ESTERASE
- ETHYLENE-BIS-DITHIO-CARBAMATE
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- FOLACIN
- FRUCTOSE
- GALACTOSE
- GLUCOFRUCTAN
- GLUCOSE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLUTAMINE
- HEMICELLULOSE
- HISTONES
- 4-HYDROXY-PROLINE
- IRON
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-XYLOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- KILOCALORIES
- LEUCINE
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LYSINE
- MALTOSE
- MANNITOL
- METHYL-ALLIIN
- METHYL-SULFIDE
- NIACIN
- ODORIN
- OXALATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- OXALIC-ACID
- PECTINS
- PEROXIDASE
- PHENANTHRENE
- PHENYLALANINE
- S-2,2-PROPENYL-AMINO-ACID-SULFOXIDE
- PHOSPHORUS
- POLYPHENOLS
- PROLINE
- PROPYLOALLIIN
- PROPYL-DISULFIDE
- PROTEIN
- RAFFINOSE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RIBONUCLEIC-ACID
- SAPONINS
- SIDERAMINES
- SILICON-DIOXIDE
- STACHYOSE
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCCINIC-DEHYDROGENASE
- SULFUR-TRIOXIDE
- THIAMIN
- THIAMIN-PYROPHOSPHATE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRYPTOPHAN
- UMBELLIFERONE
- URIDYLIC-ACID
- VIT-U
- WATER
- ZINC
- ASPARAGINE
- 1-O-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
- CYTIDYLIC-ACID
- GUANYLIC-ACID
- ISOLEUCINE
- PROPANE-THIOSULFINATE
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- SCOPOLETIN
- SINAPIC-ACID
- ALLIIN
- ALLYL-MONOSULFIDE
- ARGININE
- CELLULOSE
- CYCLOALLIIN
- DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID
- 3,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIOXO-2,5-DIHYDROTHIOPHENE
- ETHYL-SULFIDE
- FERRIC-PHOSPHATE
- FRUCTOSYLSUCROSE
- GLUTAMATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- HISTIDINE
- KAEMPFEROL-HETEROSIDE
- LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE
- LIGNIN
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- METHIONINE
- MYO-INOSITOL
- NICOTINIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHENOL-OXIDASE
- POTASSIUM
- SERINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SUCROSE
- THREONINE
- TYROSINE
- VALINE
- SULFUR
- SODIUM
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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