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    Facts about Prickly Asparagus

    By SylviaDecember 9, 2018Updated:December 27, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Prickly Asparagus scientifically known as Asparagus aphyllus is a much-branched, perennial plant with stems that become more or less woody, at least at the base. The plant is native throughout the Mediterranean region and eastwards to Saudi Arabia. Some of the popular common names of the plant are Mediterranean Asparagus, Prickly Asparagus, Spiny Asparagus, Green-stemmed Asparagus, Israel wild asparagus and Thorny asparagus. The name for the genus originates from the original Greek word’ asparagos’ that was given to the cultivated asparagus. The specific epithet means without leaves as the pseudo leaves of this plant are actually considered to be flattened leaf like structures. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Traditionally it was eaten during Lent in Greece.

    Description

    Prickly Asparagus is a much-branched, rhizomatous, perennial plant that grows about 40 – 80 cm tall. It is found growing in xerophilous woods,shrub lands, hedges, forest edges, coastal dunes, accompanying thickets of camarinha, zimbrais, psamófilos tojais, woodlands, semi-steppe shrub lands, hedges and rocky limestone hills. The plant prefers a rich sandy loam. The plant has tuberous roots. Cladodes are stout and very sharply tipped unequal in length, from 5 to 20 mm long, in clusters of 3 to 7. Stem is thin, woody and very tough. Stalks and branches are smooth and scabrous, green. Spur is 1.5-3.5 mm, applied,thorny.

    The plant has small, thin, green, aciculate leaves. Flowers are small, yellowish-green, axillary, in groups of 3 to 6, short compedicelo. The male flowers have six stamens erect and robust with yellow anthers. The female flowers have a short stigma with a slightly swollen style. Flowering normally takes place from September, October and November. Flowers are followed by spherical, small and hard, 7-8 mm berries in maturation with 1 to 3 seeds.Fruits are initially green turning to reddish and finally black as they mature.

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    Prickly Asparagus Facts

    Culpeper described both types of asparagus as being under the influence of Jupiter: “The young Bud or branches boiled in one ordinary broth, makes the Belly soluble and open, and boiled in white Wine, provokes urine being stopped, and is good against the Strangury, or difficulty of making water. It expels the gravel and stone out of the Kidneys, and helps pains in the Reins: And boiled in white Wine or Vinegar it is prevalent for them that have their Arteries loosened, or are troubled with the Hip-Gout, or Sciatica.The Decoction of the Roots boiled in Wine and taken is good to clear the sight,and being held in the Mouth eases the Toothache: And being taken fasting several mornings together stirs up bodily lust in Man or Woman (whatsoever some have written to the contrary.) The Garden Asparagus nourishes more than the wild; yet hath it the same effects in all the aforementioned Diseases. The decoction of the Roots in white Wine, and the Back and Belly bathed therewith,or kneeling or lying down in the same, or sitting therein as a Bath, hath been found effectual against pains that happen to the lower parts of the Body; and no less effectual against stiff and benumbed Sinews, or those that are shrunk by Cramps, and Convulsions, and helps the Sciatica.”

    References:
    https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Asparagus+aphyllus
    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-274949
    https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus_aphyllus

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    Prickly Asparagus Facts

    Prickly Asparagus Quick Facts
    Name: Prickly Asparagus
    Scientific Name: Asparagus Aphyllus
    Origin Throughout the Mediterranean region and eastwards to Saudi Arabia
    Colors Green turning to reddish and Black as they matures
    Shapes Spherical, small and hard, 7-8 mm berries in maturation with 1 to 3 seeds
    Name Prickly Asparagus
    Scientific Name Asparagus Aphyllus
    Native Throughout the Mediterranean region and eastwards to Saudi Arabia
    Common Names Mediterranean Asparagus, Prickly Asparagus, Spiny Asparagus, Green-stemmed Asparagus, Israel wild asparagus, Thorny asparagus
    Name in Other Languages

    Arabic: Sharuhulaan nawil (شرحلا نويل), Heleewan Al-Harsh
    English:  Israel wild asparagus, Prickly asparagus, Thorny asparagus
    German:  Blattloser Spargel
    Hebrew:  אספרג החורש
    Maltese:  Sprag xewwieki

    Plant Growth Habit Much-branched, rhizomatous, perennial plant
    Growing Climates Xerophilous woods and shrublands, hedges, forest edges, coastal dunes, accompanying thickets of camarinha, zimbrais, psamófilos tojais, woodlands, shrublands, semi-steppe shrublands, hedges and rocky limestone hills
    Soil Prefers a rich sandy loam
    Plant Size 40 – 80cm tall
    Root Tuberous roots
    Cladodes Cladodes stout and very sharply tipped, unequal in length, from 5 to 20 mm long, in clusters of 3 to 7
    Stem Thin, woody and very tough
    Leaf Small, thin, green, aciculate leaves
    Flowering Season September, October, November
    Flower Small, yellowish-green, axillary, in groups of 3 to 6, short compedicelo. The male flowers have six stamens erect and robust with yellow anthers. The female flowers have a short stigma with a slightly swollen style.
    Fruit Shape & Size Spherical, small and hard, 7-8 mm berries in maturation with 1 to 3 seeds
    Fruit Color Green turning to reddish and Black as they matures
    Culinary uses
    • Young shoots can be consumed raw or cooked.

    Prickly Asparagus Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Asparagus Aphyllus

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Class Liliopsida
    Subclass Commelinidae
    Order Asparagales
    Family Asparagaceae
    Genus Asparagus
    Species Asparagus aphyllus
    Synonyms
    • Asparagus agul Forssk. ex Schult. & Schult.f
    • Asparagus aphyllus var. bovei Baker
    • Asparagus erinaceus Borzí & Mattei
    • Asparagus phyllacanthus Lam
    • Asparagus aphyllus f. macroclados Cout.
    • Asparagus aphyllus f. microclados Cout.
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