Botanical Descripion:
It is a climber having stems up to 4 m long. Its roots are both fibrous and tuberous.
Shatavari has small pine-needle-like phylloclades (photosynthetic branches) that are uniform and shiny green. In July, it produces minute, white flowers on short, spiky stems, and in September it fruits, producing blackish-purple, globular berries. It has an adventitious root system with tuberous roots that measure about one metre in length, tapering at both ends, with roughly a hundred on each plant.
Propagation: Seeds and rhizomes.
Part/s used: Root
Medicinal uses: Cough, tuberculosis, hypertension, diarrhoea and bronchitis
How is it used?: Shatavari powder can be taken along with milk or honey twice a day