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Smilax aspera

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Rough Bindweed
• Italian Smilax
• Prickly Greenbrier
• Naikhre (Gurung)
• Nayukre (Gurung)
• Jogi Dang (Magar)
• Syal Daino (Nepali)
• Kubi Ghanino (Nepali)
• Pregemgyalting (Sherpa)
• Nagret (Tamang)
• Nakikre (Tamang)
• Sui ba qia (Pinyin)
• Kukurdaino or Gangeruwa or Washi-krama or Nagitisi (Nepal)

Geographical Habitats

• Albania
• Algeria
• Azores
• Balearic Islands
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Canary Islands
• S.Xizang
• SW Yunnan - China
• Cyprus
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• France
• Greece
• Assam - India
• Iran
• Italy
• Kenya
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Madeira
• Morocco
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakestan
• Palestine
• Portugal
• Sardinia
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Tanzania
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Uganda
• Yugoslavia
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• forest

Flowering Times

• Sep to Oct (Nepal) Jan-Feb (China)

Fruiting Times

• Mar to Apr Nov-Dec (China)

Twining large glabrous vine with prickly stems, spiny foliage. Lobed leaves to 90mm x 70mm with minutely spiny margins, paired tendrils. Axillary umbels of white fragrant flowers, male flowers to 5mm, female flowers smaller, 8mm yellow-green fragrant flowers. Red-purple berries to 8mm diameter.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Manadhar 2002
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• Academia WWF Nepal