What kind of plant is asparagus?

Asparagus, also known as seaweed, Jiangli, line vegetable, Nostoc flagelliforme, is a kind of wild vegetable, is a kind of perennial rattan climbing plant, its natural wild rattan stem can be up to 30 to 50 meters long, belongs to asexual reproduction. It is also one of the raw materials for extracting Agar in Shandong, China.

Morphological characteristics

Erect herbs, up to 1 m tall. Roots slender, ca. 2-3 mm thick. Stems distally and branches longitudinally, branches sometimes with very narrow wings. Leafy branches usually clustered every 3-4, narrowly striate, falcate, base subsharply trigonous, distally flattened, 1-4 cm long and 0.7-1 mm wide; scalelike leaves sublanceolate, base unarmed. Flowers every 2-4 axillary, yellowish green; pedicels very short, ca. 0:5-1 mm; male flowers: perianth 2-2.5 mm long; filaments of stamens not Adnate to perianth segments; female and male flowers nearly equal. Berries about 6 mm in diameter, red when ripe, usually with 1-2 seeds. The flowering period is from May to June and the fruiting period is from August to September.

Distribution range

It is cultivated in China's coastal areas and Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, western Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi (south-central) and Gansu (southeast). It is also distributed in Japan, Korea and Siberia of the Soviet Union.

Main value

Asparagus has a strong aromatic smell, with heat-clearing and detoxification, dampness and digestion and other effects, can treat colds, constipation and other diseases. Type specimen origin: Pacific jungle, California, USA. In terms of nutrients, per hundred grams of fresh asparagus contains 1.4g protein, carotene for 220mg, vitamin B1 for 0.01mg, niacin for 0.9mg, vitamin C for 2mg, which is very suitable for the elderly and young children.

Especially in medicine, it has the function of warming stomach, wide chest, diuresis and kidney. Often eat asparagus, has the treatment of heart disease, high blood pressure, vascular sclerosis and anti-cancer effect.