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Manipur’s ‘Chiru Maroi’ onion earns scientific recognition

A locally cultivated onion variety maintained by the indigenous Chiru community in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district has been formally described as a distinct variety of bunching onion by a team of researchers. The study, published in Phytotaxa, identifies the onion as Allium fistulosum var. chirumaroi var. nov. It was documented in Bungte Chiru and Nungshai Chiru villages during explorations of Allium species in […]