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Asparagus racemosus
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Family:
LILIACEAE
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Citation: Asparagus racemosus Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 152. 1799; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 316. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1517(1060). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 293. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 318. 1988; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 414. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 399. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 810. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 390. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14,20,27. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 470. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 344. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 79. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 727. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 456. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 314. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 721. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 505. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 694. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 880. 2009.
Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm., S. Afr. J. Bot. 2: 244. 1983.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chathavalli, Sathavali, Sathavari, Thalicheria, Thaliperiya, Thannivayan-kizhangu
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Tamil name(s):
Shatavari
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English name(s):
Asparagus, Wild asparagus
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Description:
Woody perennial climbers; stem often spinescent, terete, green; rootstock with fascicled elongated tuberous roots. Cladodes from the axils of scale leaves in clusters of 2-6, 0.8-1.5 x 0.1-0.3 cm, linear-falcate, slightly triquetrous, base narrow, apex acute. Racemes 2.5-5 cm long, slender, axillary, solitary or clustered. Flowers bisexual, 5-6 mm across; bracts triangular; pedicel c. 1 mm long. Perianth-lobes 6, white, c. 3 x 0.5 mm, oblong, acute. Stamens 6, adnate to the perianth lobes; filaments subulate. Ovary 2-3 mm long, globose to slightly 3-gonous, 3-celled; ovules 2 per cell; stigma 3, recurved. Berry 4-6 mm diam., globose, purple on ripening; seeds 2-5, c. 2 mm across, globose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
All forest types, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-800
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Localities:
Kattalappara, Athiyodai, Olikkudy, Pachakkanam, Manaloda, Kalvarimala, Devicolam, Nelluyampathy forests, Aruvanpara, Adoor, Ponmudi, Kanichukulangara, Thalichola, Thenmalai, Vandalodu, Achencovil, Karamanayar region, Bonaccord
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