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The center of origin of onion (allium sativum), and its closest wild relative, allium longicuspis, is considered Central Asia
Though the name wild onion is applied to a number of species, including in Canada, Japan, and modern countries other.

Allium sativum is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium

In China, the onion species Allium fistulosum (spring onion, bunching onion) and Allium tuberosum (Chinese leek) were domesticated around 6000 BC
Alongside other vegetables, grains, and fruits. (1)

Onions are mentioned in ancient texts including the the Hebrew bible
From Mesopotamia, recipes using allium species were recorded in cuneiform script on clay tablets.

Valued as much for their medicinal properties as for their culinary use. And, eastern and western Asian origins. Domesticated onions have been around along time. Check it out with some more neolithic architecture today.

Cite: 1) Veeck G, Pannell CW (2021). “9. Agriculture: From Antiquity to Revolution to Reform. Early Farming Traditions”. China’s Geography (4th ed.). Lanham, Boulder, New York, London:

Bibliography: Anastassakis K (2022). “Allium Cepa (Red Onion)” (https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-03
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Cumo C (2015). Onion. In: Foods that Changed History: How Foods Shaped Civilization from
the Ancient World to the Present (https://books.google.com/books?id=WqfACQAAQBAJ&pg=P
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Ansari NA (2007). “Onion Cultivation and Production in Iran” (http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/Online/GSBOnline/images/0712/MERJPSB_1(1&2)/MERJPSB_1(2)26-38o.pdf) (PDF). Middle Eastern and Russian Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology. 1 (2): 26–38.
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20210828162151/http://www.globalsciencebooks.info/Online/GSBOnline/images/0712/MERJPSB_1%281%262%29/MERJPSB_1%282%2926-38o.pdf) via Global Science Books. “Onion originated in Iran and its neighboring countries (Hanelt 1990).”