Aspharagus Ferm
Gen info
Genus Asparagus of the Liliaceae family is of medical importance because of its steroidal sapogenins used as precursors for many pharmacologically active steroids.
Botany
A slender, climbiing or ascending, branched perennial, with round, green and wiry stems, with very numerous slender branchlets that spread horizontally, forming triangular fernlike sprays. Leaves (cladodes) are setaceous, very slender, 3-5 mm long, ascending and spreading, 6 to 13 in a fascicle. Flowers are small and solitary at the ends of the branches with very short pedicels. Fruit is a purple and black ovoid berry.
Distribution
Cultivated for ornamental use.
Constituents and properties
• Study isolated furostanol glycosides from Asparagus plumosus leaves.
Uses
Oramental
The cuts sprays of the asparagus fern are ornamental favorites among florists for its beauty and lasting quality.
Folkloric
Not known in the Philippines for its medicinal application, but in Mexico a decoction of the branches are used for pulmonary infections.
Decoction of roots used as a diuretic.
In Tanzania, the Lobedu drink a cold infusion of leaves and stem for malaria.
Studies
• Phytochemicals / Glycosides: (1) A methanolic extract study of leaves of A plumosus yielded two new furostanol glycosides (2) Study yielded three spirostanol glycosides from the leaves.
Availability
Cultivated for ornmental use.
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