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Smilax bracteata

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

C. Presl

Common Names

• Yuan zhui ba qia (Pinyin)
• Satsuma-sankirai (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Caroline Islands
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• S. Guizhou
• Hainan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Indonesia
• S. Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• thickets
• grassland
• coastal
• river delta
• montane areas
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Sep
• Nov-Feb (China)
• Dec-Feb (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Aug (China)

Sparsely prickly woody climbing tendril vine with reduced tendrils, stems with red & whitish bristles, bilobate thick coriaceous leaves to 200mm x 15mm, glaucus beneath. Axillary compound umbels with foliar bracts to 2mm long, of male olive-green to dark red flowers to 5mm, sepals 7mm x 1.6mm, petals 6mm x 1mm, female flowers smaller, infructescence 70mm long, berries to 8mm x 12mm

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• JAA
• FOJ
• GBS
• Kew