Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Asparagus africanus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Lam.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Encycl. 1: 295 (1783)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1783	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Asparagus-fern	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Biological type	empty	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	orange, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded orange, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	1200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 365 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365, 882	Sourced

Asparagus africanus Lam., 1783 14% complete

Asparagus-fern

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