Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: A. racemosus
Habitat
Its habitat is common at low altitudes in shade and in tropical climates throughout Asia, Australia and Africa Asparagus grown in India, A. racemosus is most commonly used in indigenous medicine.
Description-
It is a scandent,much branched,spinous undershrub with tuberous root.it grows 1-2m tall roots are fibrous and tuberous.it has pine needle like phylloclades,uniform shiny green in color.white flowers produced in September.
A study of ancient classical ayurvedic literature claimed several therapeutic attributes.Root of A.racemosus has been referred as bitter sweet ,emollient,cooling,nervine tonic,constipating,galactogogue and aphrodisiac,diurectic,rejuvating,carminative,stomachic,antiseptic and as a tonic.Roots are used in nervous disorders,dyspepsia,diarrhoea,dysentery,tumors,inflammations,hyper dipsia,neuropathy,heatopathy,cough,bronchitis,and in certain diseases.