Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asparagus adscendens Roxb. [Asparagaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asparagus	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
asparagus adscendens	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dholi moosli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
durnamari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hazarmuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isferaj	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
jeerna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhirana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhirni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kairu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kairuwa	Other	Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun, India (Bhatt et al., 2013)
khushak	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kushak	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mahavrsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
merchubeh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mulsi safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
musali safed	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
mushalimahaashataavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
musli	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
musli siyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musli sufaid	Other	Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
muslisufaid	Other	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
naranka pattirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandaari musalee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safaid mooslie	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
safed musli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedamusli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedh musali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safeta musli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salla gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sallog dooda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarnoi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarnoyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satar mul	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
satavar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
satavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sataver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satawar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shakakula micari	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shaqaaqul-e-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shaqaq-ul-misri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaqaqul misri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaqaqul misri nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaqaqul-i-misri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaqaqule-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaqqul misri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shasi mulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatavari	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
shedeveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shveta mushali	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sufed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sufed musli	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sufed-musli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sufedmusli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svetamusali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tannirvittang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsallogadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrsyakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
roots		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
root		Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun, India (Bhatt et al., 2013)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asparagopsis adscendens (Roxb.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 102 (1850).
Asparagus satawur James A.Murray Drugs Pl. Sind: 24 (1881).
Protasparagus adscendens (Roxb.) Kamble J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 15: 707 (1991 publ. 1992).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asparagus adscendens	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Asparagus adscendens Roxb	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun, India (Bhatt et al., 2013)
Asparagus adscendens Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Asparagus adscendens Roxbrugh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Asparagus ascendens	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Asparagus ascendens Auct.	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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