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Taxon:  Asparagus racemosus Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Asparagus
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Asparagoideae
Nomen number:
5540
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2(1):152. 1799
Verified:
04/16/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.

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Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.
  2. Bopana, N. & S. Saxena. 2007. Asparagus racemosus - Ethnopharmacological evaluation and conservation needs. J. Ethnopharmacol. 110:1-15.
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). 1:470-471.
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa. Note: = Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.
  7. Fellingham, A. C. & N. L. Meyer. 1995. New combinations and a complete list of Asparagus species in southern Africa (Asparagaceae). Bothalia 25:208.
  8. Fukuda, T. et al. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Asparagus (Asparagaceae) inferred from plastid petB intron and petD-rpoA intergeneric spacer sequences. Pl. Species Biol. 20:121-132.
  9. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia. Note: = Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.
  10. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  11. González Castañón, M. L. & A. Falavigna. 2008. Asparagus germplasm and interspecific hybridization. Acta Hort. 776:320, 325.
  12. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
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  18. Kubota, S. et al. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Asparagus (Asparagaceae) explains interspecific crossability between the garden asparagus (A. officinalis) and other Asparagus species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 124:345-354. Note: this study evaluated 23 species of Asparagus; it found A. racemosus within a weakly supported clade of members of subgenus Protoasparagus, all hermaphroditic species, and with crossing incompatibilities with A. officinalis
  19. Malcomber, S. T. & D. Sebsebe. 1993. The status of Protasparagus and Myrsiphyllum in the Asparagaceae. Kew Bull. 48:68, 77.
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  21. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  22. Obermeyer, A. A. 1983. Protasparagus Oberm., nom. nov.: new combinations. S. African J. Bot. 2:244. Note: = Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.
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Common names
English
asparagus-fern –
India
shatamuli –
shatavari –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaEastern Cape 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia Malaya
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territoryn.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australian.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku], Malaysia (Malaya)
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory (n.), Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.)]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=5540. Accessed 8 May 2025.