Asparagus ?

Observed by johanbaard
South African National Parks
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(Added to iSpot on 17th March 2013)
Unknown Asparagus cf_1303-1

Plants confiscated near Wilderness
about the size of a large grape ~ 3cm x 2cm diameter

Location: Kleinkrantz, Wilderness, Southern Cape
Identification

Other observations of Asparagus

Comments

Dawidjieswortel?

17 March 2013 - 7:17pm — adriaan_grobler
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Are those leaves from the same plant as the tubers? They look a bit like those of Cissampelos capensis, but I'm not too sure what its below ground parts look like.

I just saw your observation

17 March 2013 - 7:22pm — adriaan_grobler
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I just saw your observation of Cissampelos capensis, so I guess those leaves actually came from there.

no

18 March 2013 - 6:15pm — johanbaard
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i should have removed the leaves before taking the pics, sorry.
All was in big one bag with lots of Cissampelos. Ciss's,,, family, Menispermaceae, does not ring a bell to make tubers.
My first hope was that it is the collectors testes.

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