Leaf celery

{{Short description|Subspecies of flowering plant}}

{{For|another plant occasionally called "Chinese celery"|Oenanthe javanica}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox cultivar

| name = Leaf celery

| image = Chinese celery.jpg

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| genus = Apium

| species = Apium graveolens

| group = Secalinum Group

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Leaf celery (Apium graveolens Secalinum Group or Apium graveolens var. secalinum),{{Cite web |title=Apium graveolens Secalinum Group |website=NCBI Taxonomy Browser |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=941588 |access-date=2024-05-28 }}{{Cite book|title=Culinary herbs|last=Small|first=Ernest|publisher=NRC Research Press|year=1997|isbn=9780660166681|location=Ottawa, Canada|pages=[https://archive.org/details/culinaryherbs0000smal/page/121 121]|chapter=Apium graveolens L. var. secalinum Alef.|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/culinaryherbs0000smal/page/121}}{{GRIN|name=Apium graveolens L. var. secalinum Alef.|id=409366|access-date=11 June 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/life/homes/gardening/growing-things-boost-light-to-keep-geraniums-and-jade-plants-healthy-during-winter|title=Growing Things: Boost light to keep geraniums and jade plants healthy during winter|last=Filipski|first=Gerald|date=20 January 2017|work=Edmonton Journal|access-date=11 June 2017}} also called Chinese celery or Nan Ling celery, is a group of cultivars of Apium graveolens cultivated in East Asian countries for their edible, flavorful stalks and leaves.{{cite news |last=Jacewicz |first=Natalie |url= https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/06/13/481617408/celery-why |title=Celery: Why? |work=NPR |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=28 May 2017}}

The stems are thinner than those of Western celery, and curved into round, hollow stalks. Also, unlike with Western celery, the leaves are used as well as the stalks.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Reqk636tqWAC&pg=PA73 | title=Oriental Vegetables: The Complete Guide for the Gardening Cook | isbn=9781568363707 | publisher=Kodansha America | year=2008 | first=Joy | last=Larkcom | access-date=29 May 2017 }} It has a stronger taste and smell compared to celery. It is used as a flavoring in soups and sometimes pickled as a side dish.{{cite journal|last1=Newman|first1=Jacqueline|title=Chinese Celery|journal=Vegetables and Vegetarian Foods|date=Fall 2006|volume=13|issue=3|pages=15–34|url=http://www.flavorandfortune.com/dataaccess/article.php?ID=576|access-date=17 April 2017|archive-date=17 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154912/http://www.flavorandfortune.com/dataaccess/article.php?ID=576|url-status=dead}}