**Abstract**

Asparagus species are naturally distributed along Asia, Africa, and Europe and are known to have numerous biological properties. This review article was aimed to provide an organized summary of current studies on the traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological and toxicological studies of *Asparagus laricinus Burch*., *Asparagus africanus Lam*., *Asparagus officinalis L*., *Asparagus racemosus Willd*., and *Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth)* Jessop to attain and establish new insights for further researches. Information used in this review was obtained from electronic database including PubMed central, Google scholars, Science direct, Scopus, and Sabinet. Based on the present findings, the existing literature still presents some breaches about the mechanism of action of various constituents of these plants, and their relation to other plant compounds in poly-herbal formulations, as well as their long-term use and safety. More in-depth studies are still needed for active compounds and biological activities of *Asparagus laricinus*, *Asparagus africanus*, and *Asparagus densiflorus*. Therefore, innumerable opportunities and possibilities for investigation are still available in novel areas of these plants for future research stud¬ies. It can be concluded that all selected Asparagus species have tremendous potential to improve human health and the pharmacological activities of these plants can be attributed to bioactive phytochemicals they possess.

**Keywords:** Asparagaceae, *Asparagus africanus lam.*, *Asparagus densiflorus (kunth) Jessop*, *Asparagus laricinus Burch.*, *Asparagus officinalis L.*, *Asparagus racemosus Willd.*, pharmacological actions, phytochemistry
