TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
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Asparagus officinalis
Garden AsparagusFamily: Asparagaceae (Formerly:Asparagaceae / Hyacinthaceae / Liliaceae)
Subfamily: Asparagoideae
Asparagus officinalis has been used from very early times as a vegetable and medicine, owing to its delicate flavor and diuretic properties.
Similar plants:
- Asparagus aethiopicus (Asparagus Fern, Foxtail Fern, Sprenger's Asparagus)
- Asparagus asparagoides (Bridal Creeper, African Asparagus Fern)
- Asparagus densiflorus, Protasparagus densiflorus (Fox Tail, Emerald Asparagus Fern)
- Asparagus falcatus (Sicklethorn)
- Asparagus juniperoides (Asparagus )
- Asparagus laricinus, Protasparagus laricinus, Asparagus angolensis (Cluster-leaf Asparagus, Bergkatbos)
- Asparagus plumosus, Protasparagus plumosus (Asparagus Fern)
- Asparagus simulans, Asparagus madagascariensis, Asparagus rusciformis ()
- Asparagus umbellatus (Asparagus Fern)
Link to this plant:
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