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Smilax china
Smilax china
- Botanic Family
- Smilacaceae
- Author
- Linnaeus
Common Names
- Ba qia (Pinyin)
- China Root
- Sun Moon Vine
- Saru-tori-ibara (Japan)
Geographical Habitats
- Anhui
- Fujian
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Guizhou
- Henan
- Hubei
- Hunan
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Liaoning
- Shandong
- Sichuan
- Taiwan
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang - China
- Assam - India
- Hokkaido
- Honshu
- Kyushu
- Ryukyu Islands
- Shikoku - Japan
- Korea
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Forest
- thickets
- streamsides & coastal
- grasslands
- montane areas
Flowering Times
- Feb-May (China)
- Apr (Japan)
Fruiting Times
Scrambling woody semi-deciduous tendril vine with tuberous roots, tubers to 160mm long, sparse prickles, glabrous mucronate leaves to 120mm x 100mm. Axillary umbels, male yellowish-green flowers to 4.5mm, axillary inflorescence. Red berries to 15mm diameter or yellow, minutely white-powdery
Further References
- FOC
- Sturtevant 1919
- Bean 1950
- Krussmann 1976
- Huxley 1992
- RHS A-Z
- Bodkin
- The Plant List 2
- Fedde
- F Indochine
- JAA
- FOJ
- HUBM
- Kew