Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Asparagus racemosus Willd.
MS098 : Asparagus racemosus Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 507 |
| Synonym | : | Asparagopsis abyssinica Kunth.;
Asparagopsis acerosa Kunth.;
Asparagopsis brownei Kunth.;
Asparagopsis decaisnei Kunth.;
Asparagopsis floribunda Kunth, nom. illeg.;
Asparagopsis hohenackeri Kunth.;
Asparagopsis javanica Kunth.;
Asparagopsis retrofracta Schweinf. ex Baker.;
Asparagopsis sarmentosa Dalzell & A.Gibson, nom. illeg.;
Asparagopsis subquadrangularis Kunth.;
Asparagus acerosus Roxb., nom. illeg.;
Asparagus dubius Decne.;
Asparagus fasciculatus R.Br., nom. illeg.;
Asparagus jacquemontii Baker.;
Asparagus penduliflorus Zipp. ex Span.;
Asparagus petitianus A.Rich.;
Asparagus racemosus var. javanicus (Kunth) Baker.;
Asparagus racemosus var. longicladodius Chiov.;
Asparagus racemosus var. subacerosus Baker.;
Asparagus racemosus var. tetragonus (Bresler) Baker.;
Asparagus racemosus var. zeylanicus Baker.;
Asparagus stachyoides Spreng. ex Baker.;
Asparagus tetragonus Bresler.;
Asparagus zeylanicus (Baker) Hook.f.;
Geitonoplesium scandens Hassk.;
Protasparagus acerosus (Kunth) Kamble.;
Protasparagus jacquemontii (Baker) Kamble.;
Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.;
Protasparagus racemosus var. javanicus (Kunth) Kamble.;
Protasparagus racemosus var. subacerosus (Baker) Kamble.;
Protasparagus zeylanicus(Hook.f.) Kamble.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Shatavari, Satawari, buttermilk root, climbing asparagus, water root, wild asparagus, wild carrot • Assamese: satomul • Bengali: satamuli • Gujarati: shatavari • Hindi: shatamuli, shatavari • Kannada: halavu makkala taayi beru, shatavari • Konkani: satavari • Malayalam: sathavari ? Manipuri: nunggarei • Marathi: shatamuli, shatavari • Mizo: âr ke bâwk • Nepali: satamuli, satavari • Oriya: vari • Sanskrit: satamuli, satavari • Tamil: tannir-vittan • Tangkhul: Kameoseihawon • Telugu: abiruvu, cella, pilla-pitsara • Urdu: satawar |
| Plant Family | : | Asparagaceae |
| Description | : | Woody perennial climbers; stem often spinescent, terete, green; rootstock with fascicled 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Lactative, Tonic, used in the form of juice, paste, decoction and powder to treat intrinsic haemorrhage, Diarrhea, piles, hoarseness of voice, cough, arthritis, poisoning, diseases of female genital tract, erysipelas, fever, as aphrodisiac and as rejuvinative. It is also useful in treatment of epilepsy, kidney disorders, chronic fevers, excessive heat, stomach ulcers and liver cancer, increases milk secretion in nursing mothers and regulates sexual
behaviors. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: asparagamine; racemosol; kaempferol; quercetin; rutin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Quercetin; Rutin; Kaempferol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Satawari.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32039
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319007272
- http://www.florajournal.com/archives/2016/vol4issue4/PartA/4_5_3_358.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Avni G. Desai, Ghulam N. Qazi, Ramesh K. Ganju, Mahmoud El-Tamer, Jaswant Singh, Ajit K. Saxena, Yashbir S. Bedi, Subhash C. Taneja, and Hari K. Bhat; "Medicinal Plants and Cancer Chemoprevention"; Curr Drug Metab. (2008); 9(7): 581–591 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Asparagales |
| Family | : Asparagaceae |
| Genus | : Asparagus |
| Species | : Asparagus racemosus Willd. |