U- anyanisi (i- Allium cepa L., osuka ku-Latin cepa "anyanisi"), owaziwa nangokuthi u- anyanisi wesigaxa noma u- anyanisi ovamile, uyimifino okuyizinhlobo ezilinywa kakhulu kunazo zonke kuhlobo lwe- Allium.I- shallot yizinhlobonhlobo zezitshalo ze-anyanisi.Kuze kube ngu-2010, i-shallot yahlukaniswa njengenhlobo ehlukile. Izihlobo zayo eziseduze zifaka ugarlic, iscallion, leek, chive, no- anyanisi waseChina. Lolu hlobo luqukethe nezinye izinhlobo eziningana ezibizwa ngokuthi u-anyanisi futhi zitshalwe ukuze zidliwe, njenge-anyanisi i-Japanese bunching ( Allium fistulosum ), u- anyanisi wesihlahla ( A. × proliferum ), no-anyanisi waseCanada ( Allium canadense ). Igama "u- anyanisi wasendle " lisetshenziswa ezinhlotsheni eziningi ze- Allium, kepha u- A. cepa waziwa kuphela ngokutshalwa.Uhlobo lwayo lokhokho lwasendle alwaziwa, yize ukweqa ekulimeni sekusungulwe kwezinye izifunda.U-anyanisi uvame ukuba yisitshalo esiyiminyaka emibili noma esingapheli, kepha uvame ukuphathwa njengonyaka futhi uvunwe ngenkathi yokuqala yokukhula. Isitshalo sika-anyanisi sinefeni lamaqabunga angenalutho, aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka futhi isibani saso phansi kwesitshalo siqala ukuvuvukala lapho kufinyelelwa ubude bosuku oluthile.