Asparagus racemosus, shatavari, is a species of asparagus common throughout Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and the Himalayas. It grows 3-6 ft tall and prefers to take root in gravelly, rocky soils high up in piedmont plains. Satavari 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 meter in length, tapering at both ends, with roughly a hundred on each plant. Asparagus racemosus is an important plant in traditional medicine in tropical and subtropical India.