musli :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: Asparagus adscendens

Allied species:

Broadly, three grades of musli are available: A) 3–4 inch long roots called badi (bigger) musli that get the highest price. B) 3 inch and smaller roots called choti (or smaller) musli that get intermediate prices. C) Broken fragments or chura that get the lowest price.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: durnamari, mahavrsa, musali
English: West-Himalayan Asparagus
Hindi: Dholi moosli, सफ़ेद मुसली Safed musli
Urdu: musli siyah, satawar, shaqaq-ul-misri, shaqaqul misri,
Telugu: Sallog dooda, Sallogadda
Bengali: -সফেদ মুসলি
Marathi: Pandaari musalee, सफ़ेद मुसली Safed musli
Oriya: -Gaichira
Gujarathi: Dholi musli
Tamil: Naranka pattirakam, Tannirvittang
Malayalam: Shedeveli
Kannada: Billi Mushali
Punjabi: Syahoo Musali,
Sindhi: -musli
Arabic: shaqoqule
French: -Musale Blanc.
Nepal: -musali
Persian: -Musli Safed, shaqoqule
Sinhalese: Hirth Wariya