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The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes colloquially called a "stem" or "stalk". The genus Allium also contains the onion , garlic , shallot , scallion , chives , [ 1 ] and Chinese onion . Three closely related vegetables— elephant garlic , kurrat and Persian leek or tareh —are also cultivars of A. ampeloprasum , although different in their culinary uses. [ 2 ] Contents 1 Etymology 2 Cultivation 2.1 Pests and diseases 3 Varieties 4...