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Smilax discotis

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Warburg

Common Names

• Tuo bing ba qia (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• thickets
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Apr-May (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (China)

Shrubby, sometimes scandent sparsely spiny vine, sometimes with tendrils, with axillary umbels, male green-yellow flowers to 4mm, female flowers smaller & blue-black fruits to 8mm wide, tendrils sometimes present

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Kew