Asparagus racemosus- Hathawariya

Name of the Medicinal Plant:- Asparagus recemosus.
Family - Asparagaceae
Other Names

• English - Wikl asparagus
• Tamil - Sangavari
• Sanskrit - Shathawari
• Sinhala - Hin-Hathawariya, Hathawariya

Synonyms - Shathamooli/ Madura/ Mahashitha/ Supathra/ Sukshma Pathra

Types - Maha Hathawariya/ Heen Hathawatiya

Morphology - Much branched shrub. 2m long when well grow. Root is a rhizome that contain scalis. Both end of rhizomes are thin. middle part of rhizome is thick. Roots are 10-15cm long, one shrub contain 20 - 30 roots. Leaves become spikes. acute apex, flowers are rasimose, solitary flowers.Flowers are pinkis white. Fruits are oval shape green color. seeds- contain 1 - 3 seeds in one fruit.
Chemical -

• Plant - Saponins.
• Flowers - quercetin / rution / hyperoside.
• Fruit - Glyoo sides, rutin
• Leaf - diosgenin

Hathawariya Leaves 

Parts of used - Roots/Leaves/Stems.

Prepared drugs - Shathawari grta/Shathawari modaka/Vishnu Oil/Prametha Oil/ Maha narayana Oil/Siddarthaka oil.

Hathawariya video