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Common Name: VEGETABLE - ASPARAGUS, GARDEN
Scientific Name: Asparagus officinalis
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Description:
  • Perennial
  • Fern like leaves
  • Ornamental plant
  • Will grow in full sun, but prefers slight shade
Culinary Uses:
  • Vegetable - edible spears in spring
Parts Used:
  • Spears
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:
  • Strong diuretic - useful for variety of urinary problems, including cystitis
  • Treat rheumatism and gout - flush waste products accumulated in the joints, out of the body into the urine
  • Bitter digestive stimulant
  • Mildly laxative and sedative
  • Source of folic acid and selenium

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