Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asparagaceae | Genus: Asparagus | Species: Asparagus racemosus Willd. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Asparagus volubilis, Asparagus sarmentosus | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Asparagus, Shatavir, Bojhidan, Satavar, Satawari | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Wild Asparagus, Spiny Asparagus | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Nunggarei | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1400 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit 4-6 mm diam globose, purple on ripening seeds 2-5, C. 2 mm across, globose. |
| Habitat | Occurs in plains from the coast in scrub jungle, hill slopes, forest borders, fallow lands | Bark Type | Prickly |
| Distribution | India, Nepal and Sri Lanka | Bark Details | Perennial prickly surface grayish brown |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | It grows one to two metres tall and prefers to take root in gravelly, rocky soils high up in piedmont plains | Leaf Details | 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 |
