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Asparagus curillus
About
Asparagus curillus is a shrub distributed in the tropical and temperate climate of the central Himalaya. It is known as shatawar in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in which it is used as a demulcent, an herbal tonic, to terminate pregnancies, and to treat gonorrhea and diabetes. This plant contains oligospirostanosides, oligofurostanosides, sarsasapogenin glycoside, steroidal saponins, and steroidal glycosides.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Asparagus curillus
- Slug
- asparagus-curillus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Asparagus
- Species
- curillus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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