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Asparagus officinalis L.
Engl.: asparagus, garden asparagus, shatavari, sparrowgrass.
Deu.: Spargel, Garten-Spargel, Gemüse-Spargel.
Fran.: asperge.
Sven.: sparris, asparagus, sparrisört, vanlig sparris.
Suom.: parsa, ruokaparsa.
Ital.: asparago.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Salmon 1710.
Classic texts: Salmon 1710.
Classic texts: Madaus 1938.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Classic texts: Rafinesque 1828-1830.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Diuretics.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
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