Ooty Garlic is being cultivated in the hill region in Ooty, Tamilnadu. This garlic has good taste and good quality Garlic is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use.