Amaryllidaceae
Rakkyo
Allium chinense
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Genus
- Allium
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (21)
- Afrikaans
- Chinese ui
- Arabic
- ثوم صيني, بصل شرقي, بصل صيني, كراث جيانغشي, كراث صيني, كراث ياباني
- arz
- ثوم صينى
- Bulgarian
- Китайски лук
- Cantonese
- 蕎頭
- Chinese
- 薤, 洋葱, 荞头, 蕌头, 薤白, 藠头, 藠头(野薤、薤）, 麗韭
- English
- Rakkyo, Chinese onion
- Finnish
- Valkoruohosipuli
- Greek
- Άλλιο το κινεζικό
- Icelandic
- Kínalaukur
- Japanese
- ラッキョウ, らっきょう, ガイハク, ラッキョ, 薤, 薤白, 辣韭, 辣韮
- Korean
- 염교, 락교
- lzh
- 薤
- pam
- Lasunang sungsung
- Persian
- پیاز شرقی
- Swedish
- Rakkyolök, Rakkyo
- tay
- Qusul
- Thai
- กระเทียมจีน
- trv
- Qowsun
- Uzbek
- Xitoy piyozi
- Vietnamese
- Kiệu, Củ kiệu
Synonyms
- Allium bakeri Regel
- Allium bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Allium exsertum G.Don
- Allium exsertum Baker
- Allium martini H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Allium splendens Miq.
- Caloscordum exsertum (G.Don) Herb.
Photos
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tuirnee, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Rakkyo: 薤(蕎頭) Allium bakeri [台北植物園 Taipei Botanical Garden]](/plants/allium-chinense/photos/81e721ec49a47128-s.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Rakkyo: 薤(蕎頭) Allium bakeri [台北植物園 Taipei Botanical Garden]](/plants/allium-chinense/photos/81e721ec49a47128-l.webp)
More in Allium
- ChivesAllium schoenoprasumAmaryllidaceae
- OnionAllium cepaAmaryllidaceae
- GarlicAllium sativumAmaryllidaceae
- RamsonsAllium ursinumAmaryllidaceae
- ShallotAllium ascalonicumAmaryllidaceae
- Welsh onionAllium fistulosumAmaryllidaceae
- Broadleaf wild leekAllium ampeloprasumAmaryllidaceae
- Chinese chivesAllium tuberosumAmaryllidaceae
- Wild garlicAllium vinealeAmaryllidaceae
- Sand leekAllium scorodoprasumAmaryllidaceae
- Field garlicAllium oleraceumAmaryllidaceae
- Victory onionAllium victorialisAmaryllidaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.