Asparagus racemosus

Description: Asparagus racemosus is a climber having stems up to 4 m long. Its roots are both fibrous and tuberous. Shatavari has small pine-needle-like phylloclades (photosynthetic branches) that are uniform and shiny green. In July, it produces minute, white flowers on short, spiky stems, and in September it fruits, producing blackish-purple, globular berries. It has an adventitious root system with tuberous roots that measure about one metre in length, tapering at both ends, with roughly a hundred on each plant.

Flowering and Fruiting: December to January.

Economic Importance: Asparagus racemosus, also known by the name Shatavari is one of the well known drugs in Ayurveda, effective in treating madhur rasam, madhur vipakam, seet-veeryam, som rogam, chronic fever and internal heat. This herb is highly effective in problems related with female reproductive system. 

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus_racemosus