Allium iranicum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Speciesbox

| image =

| taxon = Allium iranicum

| parent = Allium subg. Allium

| authority = (Wendelbo) WendelboFl. Iraq 8: 158 (1985)

| synonyms = {{Species list | Allium ampeloprasum subsp. iranicum | Wendelbo}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Allium iranicum or Afghan leek is a species of wild leek native to Afghanistan and Iran.{{cite POWO |id=914799-1 |title=Allium iranicum |accessdate=27 July 2022}} It is used in traditional Afghan medicine as a treatment for hemorrhoids.{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.eujim.2015.08.008 |title=The effect of leek (Allium iranicum (Wendelbo)) leaves extract cream on hemorrhoid patients: A double blind randomized controlled clinical trial |year=2015 |last1=Mosavat |first1=Seyed Hamdollah |last2=Ghahramani |first2=Leila |last3=Sobhani |first3=Zahra |last4=Haghighi |first4=Ehsan Rahmanian |last5=Chaijan |first5=Mahsa Rostami |last6=Heydari |first6=Mojtaba |journal=European Journal of Integrative Medicine |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=669–673 }} Its chromosome number is 2n=32.{{cite journal |title=New cytogenetic information on Allium iranicum (Alliaceae) from Iran |year=2006 |last1=Ghaffari |first1=Seyed |journal=Biologia |volume=61 |issue=4 |pages=375–379 |doi=10.2478/s11756-006-0067-z |bibcode=2006Biolg..61..375G |s2cid=30344580 }}

Adding Allium iranicum to yogurt results in increasing the quality and thickness.{{cite journal

| last1 = Pirsa

| first1 = Sajjad

| last2 = Amini

| first2 = Rasoul

| last3 = Alizadeh

| first3 = Mohammad

| date = 21 January 2019

| title = Production Of Fortified Stirred-Yogurt Containing Allium iranicum Powder And Evaluation Of Its Shelf-Life, Physicochemical And Sensory Properties

| url = https://www.sid.ir/en/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?ID=745912

| journal = ACECR Scientific Information Database

| volume =

| issue =

| pages =

| doi =

| access-date = 25 July 2022

}}