Garlic is flat globose or short conical, outside gray white or pale brown membranous scales, stripped of scale leaves, there are 6 ~ 10 garlic, around the wheel was born in stem and stem base, discoid, have numerous fibrous roots. Each garlic stripped film, namely outsourcing film, see white, succulent scales. Have a strong smell of garlic, spicy, spicy. Have a pungent odor, edible or for seasoning, can also be used as medicine. The underground bulbs of the split, according to different skin color is purple skin white and kind. Garlic is the Qin and Han Dynasties from the western regions to Chinese.