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Asparagus aethiopicus

Botanic Family

Asparagaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cape Province
• Northern Provinces - South Africa

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Climbing evergreen shrub to 1m with tuberous roots, glabrous woody branches. Leaves with pungent spine, cladodes to 25mm long. Axillary racemes of fragrant white flowers to 4mm long. Crimson berries 6mm diameter.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• GBS
• Kew