Geitonoplesium cymosum.

Botanical name: 

Geitonoplesium cymosum A. Cunn. Liliaceae. Shepherd's Joy.

Islands of the Pacific and east Australia. The young shoots offer a fine substitute for asparagus, according to Mueller.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.