Elephant Garlic

Elephant

#94609

Organic

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Description

Elephant garlic is Allium ampeloprasum, a leek relative rather than true garlic (Allium sativum).

Botanical Name

Allium ampeloprasum

Origin

Macaronesia, Mediterranean region, Central Asia

Size

All Sizes

Commodity

Garlic

Storage Guidelines

University of Georgia guidance explicitly covers cured elephant garlic bulbs as well as garlic: dry the bulbs after harvest, then use cool, dry storage.

Temperature

Cool, dry storage after curing

Humidity

Dry conditions; no elephant-specific RH target verified

Do not maintain high humidity or apply fresh-leek handling to cured bulbs. Exact temperature, RH and quality duration require a confirmed bulb-storage protocol.

Nutritional Information

A verified nutrition profile matching this product identity and edible form is not established. No other food, species, maturity or processing form is substituted.

"A leek relative"