Asparagus sarmentosus

Asparagus sarmentosus

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Genus	Asparagus

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Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

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Uses

Asparagus sarmentosus Linn. East Indies. The long, fleshy, whitish root is used as food by the people of Ceylon and, in the candied state, is often brought to India from China .

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

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