Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Asparagus fern in English is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus aethiopicus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis lancea (Thunb.) Kunth (among others).

2) Asparagus fern is also identified with Asparagus densiflorus It has the synonym Asparagopsis densiflora Kunth (etc.).

3) Asparagus fern is also identified with Asparagus racemosus It has the synonym Asparagopsis decaisnei Kunth (etc.).

4) Asparagus fern is also identified with Asparagus setaceus It has the synonym Asparagopsis setacea Kunth (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1829)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1850)
· Nucleus (Calcutta) (1992)
· Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris (1834)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2003)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Asparagus fern, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Partial matches: Asparagus, Fern.

Ends with: African asparagus fern.

Full-text: Climbing asparagus-fern, African asparagus fern.

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