Botanical Name

Asparagus racemosus

Family

Asparagaceae

Sanskrit name

Shatavri

English name

Butter milk root

Hindi

Shatavari

Kannada

Halavu makkala taayi beru

Habit

Climber

Habitat

Temperate and tropical regions especially in gravelly and rocky soil.

Plant Description

Thin woody stem with prickles, highly branched. Sickle shaped needle like leaves arises in a rosette form. Produces minute white flowers. Fruit small, black. Root tuberous, many.

Distribution

Tropical and subtropical regions

Part used

Tuber

Medicinal Use

Used in bleeding disorders, respiratory disorders like tuberculosis, infertility, diseases of eye, chest injury, swelling. It is used to improve the quality of sperms, increase the breast milk.