Garlic - Sudu loonu සුදු ළුනු.

Name of Medicinal plant :- Allium Sativum L
Family :- Alliaceae
Other Names:-

• English - Garlic 
• Sinhala - Sudu loonu/ Helbiju / Helloonu
• Tamil - Vellapudu
• Sans. - Lashuna

Synonyms - Helaloonu/ Lashuna/ Rasona / Milecchakanda/ Yavaneshta/ Ugraganda / Shethamardaka / Yavaneshta / Mahakanda / Buthagna
Morphology :- Short flat bulbous herb giving off slender below thin, scales, which are enlarged & dilated below oblong ovoid sessile bulb flowering stem. flowers purplish red regular  bisexual very long stalked projecting beyond the bulbils
types-Rasona,maharasona,lashuna,mahakandha
Chemical constituent - sulpher,allin,allicin,charbohydrate,fructose,thioglycosid,calcium