Asparagus racemosus
Asparagus racemosus
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| Genus | Asparagus |
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Origin : area of origin
wild or cultivated
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Asparagus acerosus Roxb. Liliaceae. East Indies and Burma. This species was found by Mason [1] to be a passable substitute for our garden asparagus.
- ↑ Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pls. 476. 1879.
Asparagus racemosus Willd. RACEMOSE ASPARAGUS. East Indies, African tropics and Australia. In India, the tubers are candied as a sweetmeat. This preparation, however, as Dutt states [1], has scarcely any other taste or flavor besides that of the sugar. Firminger [2] says the preserve prepared from the blanched shoots is very agreeable.