महॊदरी
महॊन्नतः
महॊष्ट्री
महौषधम्
महौषधी
माकन्दः
मागधी
माङ्गल्य
माण्डूकी
मातुलः
मातुलुङ्गः
मातुलपुत्रकः
मातुलानी
मादिनी
मानकः
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महाशतावरी
Botanical name -
Asparagus filicinus
Description -
Tall, erect plant with stout rootstock, aerial stem flexuous, fistular, much-branched, lower branches spreading, upper internodes short, smooth, unarmed; leaves minute scales, often spinescent, bearing in their axils tufts of green needle-like or flattened branchlets called cladodes; cladodes 0.25-0.6 cm long; flowers axillary, small or minute, solitary or in racemes, sessile or short-pedicelled, pedicels 0.6-1.2 cm long, jointed at middle; berries globose, 0.6-0.8 cm in diameter; seeds black.
Chemical Constituents-
Use -
Astringent, tonic and diuretic. EtOH(50%) extract of plant: anti-protozoal, spasmogenic; Plant-extract: anti-fungal.
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