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Asparagus africanus

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Name

Identification
Asparagus retrofractus Forssk. [family LILIACEAE ] Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1984 Asparagus africanus Lam. [family LILIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1984
Related name
  • Asparagus africanus
  • Asparagus multiflorus
  • Asparagopsis juniperina
  • Asparagus burkei
  • Asparagus asiaticus
  • Asparagus retrofractus
  • Asparagus laricinus
  • Asparagus mitis
  • Asparagus bechuanicus
  • Asparagus sennii
  • Asparagus baumii
  • Asparagus microphyllus
Common name
  • nararé (K&A) narari (K&A) narasi (K&A) pelol furu (JMD) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • a gab è ndaõ (JB) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • nararé (K&A) narari (JMD; K&A) narasi (K&A) (SENEGAL, TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • asperge d’Afrique, piège de la hyène (from Wolof) (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • g̃arari (JB) narari (JB) nara (SENEGAL, PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • (Guinea) m’harara (JB) (SENEGAL, PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for ASPARAGUS africanus Lam. [family ASPARAGACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 253, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
ASPARAGUS africanus Lam. [family ASPARAGACEAE], Encyc. i. 295;—Bresl. Diss. No. 9; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 331; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 619.
Asparagopsis Lamarckii Kunth [family ], Enum. v. 87.
Asparagopsis juniperina Kunth [family ], Enum. v. 85.
Asparagopsis niveniana Kunth [family ], Enum. v. 88.
Information
stems woody, terete, much-branched, sarmentose; main prickles large, spreading, pungent; branchlets slender, woody, glabrous or pubescent, slightly zigzag; cladodia densely clustered, rigid, subulate, about 1/2 in. long; flowers generally umbellate, sometimes only 1–2-nate; pedicels 1/6– 1/4 in. long, articulated below the middle; perianth campanulate, 1/12– 1/6 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse; stamens nearly as long as the perianth-segments; anthers oblong, 1/3 the length of the filaments; ovules 4–6 in a cell; berry globose, 1 in. diam., 1-seeded. null
Range
Also Angola.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 132! Somerset Div.; by the Blyde River, Burchell, 2984! Var. δ, Somerset Div.; lower part of Bruintjes Hoogte, Burchell, 3020!COAST REGION Malmesbury Div.; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 815! 816! 821! Cape Div.; Kloof between the Lion's Head and Table Mountain, Burchell, 243! Cape Flats near Rondebosch, Burchell, 719! Camps Bay, Burchell, 389! Paarl Div.; Simons Berg, near the waterfall, 2000 ft., Drège, 8577! Swellendam Div.; at Groot Vadersbosch, Burchell, 7221! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, under 100 ft., Drège, 8576! Uitenhage, Zeyher, 178! Alexandria Div.; between Rautenbachs Drift and Addo Drift, Burchell, 4269! Albany Div., Cooper, 3250! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 191! Var. β, Uitenhage, Zeyher, 236! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 523! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 404! Var. ε, Simons Bay, Wright, 454!EASTERN REGION Pondoland, Bachmann, 258! Natal; near Umlazi River, Krauss, 413! Inanda, Wood, 989; Colenso, Wood, 4089! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 126!KALAHARI REGION Hopetown Div.; between “Puff-adder Halt and Bare Station,” Burchell, 2677! Transvaal; Berea Hill, near Barberton, Galpin, 622! Bechuanaland; at Hamapery, near Kuruman, Burchell, 2443! Var. γ, Bechuanaland; Kosi Fontein, Burchell, 2572!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Var. β, Thunberg! Zeyher, 4158!

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