Species · genus Asparagus · Asparagaceae

Chinese Asparagus

Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.

Also known as: Lucid Asparagus · Wild Asparagus

Growth habit

perennial

Native range

Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam

Reference · A. cochinchinensis

Cultivars of A. cochinchinensis

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under A. cochinchinensis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

A perennial climber from the woodlands and scrub of East and Southeast Asia, this Asparagus relative grows from fleshy tuberous roots that store water and resent staying wet. Give it bright indirect light and water when the top inch or two of mix has dried, letting it approach dry between waterings. Its tuberous roots make it more forgiving of drought than of soggy soil.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–24 °C

Soil mix

Fertile, well-draining loam-based mix

Propagation

Division of tuberous roots, or seed

Fertilizing

Light balanced feed monthly during active growth

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Tiny fragrant white flowers, rarely indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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