Scientific Name : Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : An extensive, spinous, much branched climber with fasciculated tuberous roots. Leaves : Linear, with a stout conical spinous spur, straight or slightly curved cladodes very slender, spinous - pointed. Inflorescence : Racemes Flowers : White, fragrant in simple racemes, either one or two, bract small. Perianth segments 6, oblong-obtuse. Stamens 6, anthers subglobose. ovary superior, style short, stigma 3, spreading. Fruit : Berry, globose, red coloured. Flowering and Fruiting time : October - January Significance : Planted in gardens as ornamental. The tuberous roots are used as a powerful tonic. Root is useful in the treatment of dysentery, convulsion. It is also given in impotency.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
शतावरी, Climbing Asparagus
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Synonym(s):
Asparagopsis floribunda Kunth Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.
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Family:
Asparagaceae
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