Common name: Satawari, Wild Asparagus • Hindi: सतावरी satawari, bojhidan, शतवीर shatavir •Manipuri: নুংগাৰৈ Nunggarei • Marathi: सतावरी मूल Satavari-mul, आसवेल Asvel • Tamil: ஸதாவரீ Sadavari, Tannir-muttan-kizhangu, கிலவரீ Kilavari • Malayalam: ചതവലീ Chatavali, സതവലീ Satavali •Telugu: challa-gaddalu,
challagadda, ettavaludutige • Kannada: aheruballi, ashadhi, halarru-makkal
•Bengali: সতমুলী Satamuli, সতমূল Satamul • Oriya: ବରୀ Vari • Urdu: ستاور Satawar, شقاقل مسری Shaqaqul misri • Assamese: সতোমূল Satomul • Sanskrit: Abhiru, शतावरी Shatavari, हिरण्यस्रिंगी Hiranyasringi • Mizo:
Arkebawk
Botanical name: Asparagus racemosus Family: Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Synonyms: Asparagus volubilis
Introduction: Satawari is a woody climber growing to 1-2 m
in height, with leaves like pine needles, small and uniform and the flowers
white, in small spikes. It contains adventitious root system with tuberous
roots. Stems are climbing, branched, up to 2 m; branches usually distinctly
striate-ridged. Leaves are just modified stems, called cladodes. Branches
contain spines on them. Inflorescences develope after cladodes, axillary, each
a many-flowered raceme or panicle 1-4 cm. Pedicel 1.5-3 mm, slender, articulate
at middle. Flowers are white with a pink tinge, 2-3 mm, bell-shaped with 6
petals. Stamens equal, ca. 0.7 mm; anthers yellow, minute. Within India, it is
found growing wild in tropical and sub-tropical parts of India including the
Andamans; and ascending in the Himalayas up to an altitude of 1500 m.
Flowering: October-November.
Chemical Constituents: Steroidal saponins, known as shatvarins. Shatvarin I to VI
are present. Shatvarin I is the major glycoside with 3-glucose and rhamnose
moieties attached to sarsapogenin, Oligospirostanoside referred to as
Immunoside, Polycyclic alkaloid-Aspargamine A, a cage type pyrrolizidine
alkaloid, Isoflavones-8-methoxy-5, 6, 4-trihydroxy
isoflavone-7-0-beta-D-glucopyranoside
Medicinal uses: In
Ayurvedic medicine, the root of Satavari is used in the form of juice, paste,
decoction and powder to treat intrinsic haemorrhage, diarrhoea, piles, hoarseness
of voice, cough, arthritis, poisoning, diseases of female genital tract,
erysipelas, fever, as aphrodisiac and as rejuvinative.
Flowering: October-November.
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