Shatavari – शतावरी
➢ It is perennial climbing herb or sub-shrub.
➢ It is extensively branched, spinous and with fasciculate tuberous
roots.
➢ The leaves are minute, scale like, from the axils of which tufts of
needle-like or flattened cladodes arise. The cladodes are green,
spinous-pointed, slender, slightly curved or straight and two to six
at each node.
➢ The flowers are arranged in dense raceme inflorescence. The flowers
are small, fragrant, with one or two bracts and six white perianth
members. There are six stamens with sub-globose anthers and three
stigmas.
➢ The fruit is a round, berry that is green when raw and turns red on
maturing.
BOTANICAL NAME
Asparagus racemosus Willd
FAMILY
Asparagaceae
FLOWERING
October – November
FRUITING
October – January
PROPAGATION
It can be propagated by seeds or by vegetative cuttings
PLANT PART USED
Roots
COMMON NAMES:
Satawari, Buttermilk root, Climbing asparagus,
Water root, Wild asparagus; Hindi: Shatamuli, Shatavari; Marathi:
Shatamuli, Shatavari; Bengali: Satamuli; Kannada: Halavu makkala taayi
beru; Malayalam: Sathavari; Manipuri: Nunggarei; Sanskrit: Satamuli,
Satavari; Tamil: Tannir-vittan; Telugu: Abiruvu, Cella.
USES
✓ The plant is an ornamental.
✓ The roots are used in Ayurveda to treat piles, diarrhea, dysentery,
arthritis, cough, bronchial infections and fever.
✓ Women used it to treat conditions related to hormone imbalance.
✓ It helps reduce the free-radical skin damage that leads to wrinkles.
It has anti-aging properties.
✓ It helps to boost your immune system.
✓ It has antioxidant properties.
✓ It may help treat kidney stones.
✓ They are also used as an aphrodisiac and a rejuvenate, tonic.
✓ The plant is also used to treat depression.
