Thank you for the interesting account, Di This species is endemic to NW Himalaya from lower ranges of H.P., Punjab and J&K to Afghanistan. It does not occur in Gujarat. Species occurring in Gujarat may be Asparagus racemosus. Differences between two are listed below:
A. racemosus: Cladodes spreading, 2-6 in each tuft, prickles recurved. A. adscendens: Cladodes erect, 6-20 in each tuft, prickles straight. Regards On 7/6/18, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > what a spectacular show this plant puts out > > and essential ingredient of the original Kansar in gujarat > ritually made and fed to the newly married couple > right in the lagna mandap in the olden days > (nowadays its spiraled down into mixture of rice powder sugar and ghee) > > very nice, Anil > > usha di > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 12:47 AM, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Asparagus adscendens >> Local name: Sanspai >> Sacred plant in lower areas of H.P. and worshiped during marriages. >> Clicked at Solan (H.P.) >> >> -- >> With best Regards, >> >> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- With best Regards, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
