Tropicos | Name - Asparagus officinalis L.

Asparagus officinalis L.

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Contributor Text: S. I. Ali & Sher Wali Khan

Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: May-June

Type: Lectotype: “Habitat in Europae arinosis.” RCN: 2460. Herb. Linn. 434/1 (LINN) (Jarvis, Order out of Chaos: 325. 2007).

Distribution: Distribution: Europe, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakstan, China (Xinjiang), C and SW Asia, N. W. Africa. Widely cultivated.

Comment/Acknowledgements: Very variable. Some cultivars are grown as vegetable. The new succulent shoots, which come up every year, constitute the Asparagus of commerce. Once started the plant continues to yield for well over 15 years. The plant is diuretic, laxative, cardiac and sedative (Kirtikar & Basu l. c. 4: 2502).

The plant is diuretic, laxative, cardiac and sedative (Kirtikar & Basu l. c. 4: 2502. 1991.

Map Location: B-6 Chitral Dist.: Drosh, 26.7.1954, M. A. Siddiqi & A. Rahman 26792 (K, RAW); C-6 Parachinar, erect, 50 cm tall, flowers greenish, 13-15.1.1974, M. Qaiser & Sultanul Abedin 6064 (KUH); C-7 Rawalpindi, 16.4.1841, J. E. T. Aitchison 1219 (K); Rawalpindi, National Park, sandy clay soil, 10.5.1971, Sultanul Abedin 7396 (KUH).