Kromme-Geelhout-Database
Species details
Genus
Genus : Asparagus
Family: Asparagaceae (Monocotyledon)
Taxon : Flowering plant
Group : Plant
SPECIES
setaceusNOTES
Climbing shrub with stems spiny only at base. Soft feathery linear cladodes in fascicles.
AUTHORITY
(Kunth) JessopSub Author
Conservation
CommonHabit
ShrubLand Invertebrate
n/aColour
- Notes: White flowers solitary on an apical disc. Tepals and filaments spreading
- Colour: White
Common Name
- Feathery asparagus
- Asparagus
Habitat
- NOTES: Common in the bush
- HABITAT NAME: Bush
Uses
- Renal treatments
- An infusion of young shoots is used for kidney complaints
- Gastro-intestinal treatments
- An infusion of young shoots is used to treat stomach complaints
- Charms
- Used as love charm emetics
- Food
- Young shoots are said to be edible
- Circumcision treatments
- Dried roots are rubbed into scarifications to give strength and fearlessness during circumcision
Months
- September
- October
- November
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
- October
Synonyms for Species
- Asparagopsis setaceus
- Protasparagus setaceus
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