Asparagus curillus is a shrub distributed in the tropical and temperate climate (1000 – 2250 meter altitude) of the central Himalaya.Umberto Quattrocchi. CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press, 2012 . Volume 1, p 446 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.Negi JS et al. Chemical constituents of asparagus. Pharmacognosy Reviews 2010 Jul;4(8):215-20. PMC 3249924 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".
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