- Family : LILIACEAE
(Lily Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
- Synonym(s) : Asparagopsis abyssinica Kunth; Asparagopsis acerosa Kunth; Asparagopsis brownei Kunth; Asparagopsis decaisnei Kunth; Asparagopsis floribunda Kunth; Asparagopsis hohenackeri Kunth; Asparagopsis javanica Kunth; Asparagopsis retrofracta Schweinf. ex Baker; Asparagopsis sarmentosa Dalzell & A.Gibson; Asparagopsis subquadrangularis Kunth; Asparagus acerosus Roxb.; Asparagus dubius Decne.; Asparagus fasciculatus R.Br.; Asparagus jacquemontii Baker; Asparagus penduliflorus Zipp. ex Span.; Asparagus petitianus A.Rich.; Asparagus stachyoides Spreng. ex Baker; Asparagus tetragonus Bresler; Asparagus zeylanicus (Baker) Hook.f.; 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; Geitonoplesium scandens Hassk.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Asparagus racemosus Willd.
- Common name : Asparagus, Wild asparagus
- Vernacular name :
- Thanneervittan kizhangu, Kadamoolam (Tamil)
- Chathavalli, Sathavali, Sathavari, Thalicheria, Thaliperiya, Thannivayan-kizhangu (Malayalam)
- Chhataori, Satawari, Gaichero, Deobadini, Eswar jata, Hateri kanda (Oria)
- Satawar, Sada-bori, Shakakul (Hindi)
- Satamulam, Devdani, Pilli gaddalu, Toalla-gaddalu, Challa gadda (Telugu)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : All forest types, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Often on plains to 1400m on slopes, on forest borders.
- Flower, Fruit : September-June
- Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy
- Collection Date : 06/04/1971
- Collection Nos : HFP 1717
- Collection Locality : Byaba state forest, Byrapura, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districs of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Andaman Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina, Cambodia, Central African Repu, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina, Cambodia, Central African Repu, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons, Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 262
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 194-195
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Asparagus racemosus. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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