Asparagus racemosus Willd

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Asparagus > A.racemosus

Description: Woody perennial climbers; stem often spinescent, terete, green; rootstock with fascicled tuberous roots. Cladodes from the axils of scale leaves in clusters of linear-falcate, slightly triquetrous, base narrow, apex acute. Racemes slender, axillary, solitary or clustered. Flowers bisexual, 5-6 mm across; bracts triangular; pedicel c. 1 mm long. Perianth-lobes 6, white, 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 globose, purple on ripening. Seeds 2-5, c. 2 mm across, globose.

Flowering and Fruiting: Flowering: June-July. Fruiting: August-September

Uses: Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha. Considered the most important herb in Ayurvedic medicine for women. Used internally for infertility, loss of libido, threatened miscarriage, menopausal problems etc. It both nourishes and cleanses the blood and the female reproductive organs. It is also useful for hyperacidity, stomach ulcers, dysentery and bronchial infections

Cultivation: Wild/cultivated.

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org