A biennial, onion-like plant that is grown as a long season annual for its long, thick, cylindrical stalk, composed of overlapping leaf bases. The leaves are flat, yellow-green or blue-green and up to 3 ft (0.9 m) long.

Anticancer, fungicidal, antiseptic, tonic and parasiticidal (plant); anthelmintic, antiasthmatic, anticholesterolemic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, stimulant, stomachic, tonic, vasodilator (bulb)

Plants for a Future

Allyl sulphide

As a poultice to ease the pain of bites, stings etc (crushed bulb); use in a wide range of ailments, particularly ailments such as ringworm, candida and vaginitis.