What is garlic?
Garlic is a flower
What family is garlic part of?
The lily family
What part of the plant is garlic?
The root
Name one health property that garlic has.
anticoagulant, antioxidant, antiviral or antimicrobial
Name one disease that garlics helps to fight.
cholesterol, blood pressure, cancer
What colour can garlic be?
White, purple
How many types of garlic is there?
Over 450
Can all types of garlic be used in food?
No
Name one mineral found in garlic.
copper, iron, magnesium, germanium, zinc, and selenium
Name one vitamin found in garlic?
Vitamin C and B
What is one of garlic's nicknames
Russian penicillin
In what world war did garlic get its nickname?
World war II
To what medicine is garlic similar to?
Aspirin
What grows from the garlic bulb?
A stalk with a flower
How does garlic get pollinated?
By bees and other insects that travel from flower to flower.
Which two nations used garlic thousands of years ago?
Egypt & Babylonia
