Asparagus curillus

Asparagus curillus is a shrub distributed in the tropical and temperate climate of the central Himalaya. It is known as shatawar in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in which it is used as a demulcent, an herbal tonic, to terminate pregnancies, and to treat gonorrhea and diabetes. This plant contains oligospirostanosides, oligofurostanosides, sarsasapogenin glycoside, steroidal saponins, and steroidal glycosides.

Vernacular Names

Asparagus curillus is known by various local names across India. In Hindi, it is called “Satavari” or “Safed Musli”, while in Marathi, it is referred to as “Shatavari”. In Bengali, it may be called “Shatamuli”, and in Sanskrit, it is traditionally known as “Shatavari”, meaning "curer of a hundred diseases".