Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium cepa L. [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ajo	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
allii cepae bulbus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
allium cepa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
aritarapasakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba la nda (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
basl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
bawang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bsal	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
bulbus allii cepae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cebola	Other	Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cebolla	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cebolla morada	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cebolla país	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
cebolla roja	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
cepa bulb	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cepolla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ceriyaulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinna vengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuvannaulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cipolla	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
common onion	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cu hanh	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cukantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukantaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukantarapputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukarantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkirantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvannulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dehydrated onion	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
dirghapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dirghpatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dungali	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
durgandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eeravengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eerulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enkalapputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enkanapputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra ulligadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
etcam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
garden onion	Other	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hom hua yai	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hom khaao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hom yai	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hu t'sung t'song	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hu-t'sung	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hua phak bhu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
i-i-bsel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
inyan	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
ira-vengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
irakayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakkacciyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakucci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakuccipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakuccittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irakucittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irankayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iravengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iravenkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iravulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccanakayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccankayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kanda nripakanda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kandaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kando	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantaculikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapalakini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapalakinipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katikaropi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayatari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesounni	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
khtim	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kremmýdi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
kukut	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
kunbali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuranacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutamakayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
küchenzwiebel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
l'oignon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
latarka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loyon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
lra-vengayam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lruli	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lruli,vella-vengayam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lrulli	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lök	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
madhujam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madras oignon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mahakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
matukkamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mesakaputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukattusanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukatusikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukhadusaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullittalati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttuppuvali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naimamicam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naimamicappuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattirulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neermulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neerulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niccayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niruli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nripakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nripapriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nripavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nripeshtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ogba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
oignon	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Secrets des Plantes Mèd. (Reader's Digest, 1977) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
onion	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
onion oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
pa la na da (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pa la nda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palandu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
palanduh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palanduhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palankayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palantukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perullattali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
piaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
pimaz	Other	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
piyaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
piyas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
piyav	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
piyaz safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyaz taza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piāz	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
pyaaz	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pyaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
racakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajapalandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rajapriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajeshta	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rajeshtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ralu lunu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rata lunu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rathu lunu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
recanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red globe onion	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
red onion	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rochaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sebúya	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
shallot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sibuyas	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
siktha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spanish onion	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
sukandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamanegi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcanakantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcanakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcanakkantakayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titcanakkantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
travenkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
travulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm piyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-piyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turturumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ukkiranamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ullaagedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ullagaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ullegaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ulli gaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umbibawang merah	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
vallimatarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vekuracakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vekuracakappuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vella-vengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vellai venkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellavengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vengayan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
venggayum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkaayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkayappuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vuligaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vulli gaddalu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vulligaddalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vullipayalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white globe onion	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
y avaneshtha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
yangba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yavaneshtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
yavanesta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellow bermuda onion	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yerragadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yiravenkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zwiebel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
κρεμίδι	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
بصل	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لصب	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
پیاز	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, Seed	Oil	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Leaf, Seed	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Bulb		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bulbs, Leaves		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Bulb, Leaves		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Bulb		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Bulb		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Bulb	Juice, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Bulb, Juice		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
aerial part, bulb		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
bulb, leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Bulb		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bulb		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Bulb, tunic		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
bulbs		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019)
bulb	fresh or dried bulb	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
bulb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bulb	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008)
bulb	fresh bulb	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
root		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
bulb		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
bulb	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Root (Bulb)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 46 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allium cepa var. aggregatum G.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 27 (1827).
Cepa alba P.Renault Fl. Orne: 33 (1804).
Allium angolense Baker Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 262 (1878).
Allium aobanum Araki Hokuriku J. Bot. 4: 45 (1955).
Allium ascalonicum Anon.
Allium ascalonicum var. condensum Millán Darwiniana 10: 108 (1952).
Allium ascalonicum var. fertile Millán Darwiniana 10: 105 (1952).
Allium ascalonicum var. majus Corrie Miller's Dict. Gard.: 140 (1834).
Allium ascalonicum f. rotterianum Voss ex J.Becker Handb. Gemüsebaues, ed. 2: 786 (1929).
Allium ascalonicum var. sterile Millán Darwiniana 10: 106 (1952).
Allium cepa var. anglicum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. argenteum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 299 (1866).
Allium cepa var. bifolium Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. crinides Alef. Landw. Fl.: 299 (1866).
Allium cepa var. flandricum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. globosum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. hispanicum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 299 (1866).
Allium cepa var. jamesii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. lisboanum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 299 (1866).
Allium cepa var. luteum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 299 (1866).
Allium cepa var. multiplicans L.H.Bailey Princip. Veg. Gard.: 316 (1901).
Allium cepa var. portanum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. praecox Alef. Landw. Fl.: 299 (1866).
Allium cepa var. roseum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. sanguineum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. solaninum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. tripolitanum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 300 (1866).
Allium cepa var. viviparum (Metzg.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 301 (1866).
Allium cepaeum St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 113 (1880).
Allium commune Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 6 (1790), nom. nud.
Allium cumaria Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5072 (1831), nom. nud.
Allium esculentum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 235 (1796).
Allium napus Pall. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 395 (1843).
Allium nigritanum A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 319 (1913), nom. nud.
Allium pauciflorum Willd. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 169 (1852).
Allium salota Dostál Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 17 (1984).
Ascalonicum sativum P.Renault Fl. Orne: 33 (1804).
Cepa esculenta Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 183 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cepa esculenta var. hispanica Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 184 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cepa esculenta var. ramosa Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 184 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cepa esculenta var. rubra Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 184 (1821 publ. 1822).
Cepa pallens P.Renault Fl. Orne: 33 (1804).
Cepa rubra P.Renault Fl. Orne: 33 (1804).
Cepa vulgaris Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 207 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Kepa esculenta Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 20 (1837).
Porrum cepa (L.) Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 110 (1830).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allium cepa	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Allium cepa I.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Allium cepa L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018-2019) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th Edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Secrets des Plantes Mèd. (Reader's Digest, 1977) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Allium cepa Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Allium cepa Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Allium cepa Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Allium cepa cv. group Aggregatum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Allium cepa cv. group Cepa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Allium cepa var. aggregatum G. Don	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Cepa alba Renault	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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