{"id":11859,"date":"2020-11-10T10:07:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/species\/asparagus-altissimus-munby\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:13:47","slug":"asparagus-altissimus-munby","status":"publish","type":"species","link":"https:\/\/www.northafricatrees.org\/en\/species\/asparagus-altissimus-munby\/","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus altissimus Munby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Climbing shrublet, lianescent, that supported by trees or rockery can reach up to 10 m in height. Stems woody, thin, smooth, with smooth, \u00b1 papillose, silvery, shiny bark. Leaves minute (1-6 mm), squamiform, triangular-spinescent, membranous, glabrous, brown. Cladodes fasciculate by 4-15, of varying size depending on the habitat, 3-5 mm in the Mediterranean area \u2014type var.\u2014 and 10-25 mm in the Macaronesian and Saharan zones \u2014var. <em>foeniculaceus<\/em> (Lowe) Maire\u2014, subcylindrical, very slender, flexible, acute and mucronate, but not spinescent, dull green in colour. Flowers fasciculate by 1-5 at the base of the cladode fascicle, hermaphrodite, with perianth 4-5 mm long, \u00b1 campanulate. Tepals oblong-lanceolate, briefly fused at the base, white. Stamens shorter than the tepals, anthers yellow. Pedicel divided into two articles. Fruit a globose berry 6-9 mm diameter, green in colour, then red and finally blackish. 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