Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asparagaceae | Genus: Asparagus | Species:
Asparagus aethiopicus L.
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| Synonym | Protasparagus aethiopicus (L.) Oberm.,Asparagus laetus Salisb. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Asparagus Fern | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Sprenger Asparagus, Foxtail Asparagus | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | April-June | |
| Altitude | Up to 1800 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Bright red berry about 8 mm in diameter; 3 seeds per fruit. |
| Habitat | Very commonly used as an ornamental house-plant. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to South Africa | Bark Details | Bright green in colour and smooth in texture. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 29 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Needle-like | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Whorled (leaves in groups of 3 or more along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | It is an evergreen perennial herb emerging from a crown of tuberous roots. It is a drooping, bushy plant usually only to 2-4 ft tall, and several feet wide, with stems stiff or spreading-arching. Larger branches usually bearing minute axillary spines. Branchlets (cladophylls) are flat, needle-like, light bright green, to 1 inch long, clustered at branch nodes. Leaves tiny, scale-like, at bases of branchlets. Flowers small, white or pinkish white, and fragrant. Fruit is a bright red berry about 8 mm in diameter; 3 seeds per fruit. | Leaf Details | Leaves are bright green, fern-like, with almost needle-like leaflets of up to eight in a cluster. |
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