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Smilax corbularia

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

• Kuang tiao ba qia (Pinyin)
• Day gao (Vietnam)
• Chua khan sang (Vietnam)
• Giay kim cang (Vietnam)
• Diay kim cang mo (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Yunnan - China
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal forest & thickets
• evergreen forests
• disturbed areas
• secondary growth
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (China)
• Jun (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• Dec (China)

Unarmed tall woody tendril vine with coriaceous mucronate leaves 140mm x 60mm, tendrils may be missing or reduced to mucrone, axillary umbels to 30 flowers, male greenish-yellow 3mm flowers, sepals to 2.5mm long, petals to 2mm long, female flowers to 2.5mm, sepals 3.33mm x 2mm & dark red berries to 7mm diameter, perennial evergreen vine

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• Kew