Garlic is a hardy, bulbous, rooted, perennial plant with narrow flat leaves and bears small white flowers and bulbils. The compound bulb consists of 6 to 34 bulblets called ‘cloves’ which are surrounded by a common, thin, white or pinkish papery sheet. Garlic has a strong flavour and taste.
Indian name for Garlic:
Assamese : Naharu Hindi : Lasun, Lessan, Lahsun Bengali : Rashun Gujarati : Lasan Kannada : Bellulli Kashmiri : Ruhan Malayalam : Vellulli Marathi : Lusson Oriya : Rasuna Punjabi : Lassan, Lasun Sanskrit : Lashuna Tamil : Ullipundu, Vellaippundu Telugu : Velluri Urdu : Lassun, Leshun
Foreign name for Garlic:
Spanish : Ajo French : Ail German : Knoblanch Swedish : Vitlok Arabic : Thum Dutch : Knoflook Italian : Agilio Portuguese : Alho Russian : Chesnok Japanese : Ninniku Chinese : Suan