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Smilax glabra

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Common Names

• Tu fu ling (Pinyin)
• Za Houo (Laos)
• Katcho-gyi (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Anhui
• Fujian
• S Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• S Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• riversides
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Apr (China)

Unarmed tuberous woody glabrous tendril vine with tendrils reduced to a mucrone, leaves to 130mm x 70mm. Axillary umbels to 30 flowers, male greenish-white 3mm flowers, male sepals 2.3mm x 1.6mm, female inflorescence similar with sepals 2.5mm long x 3mm, petals 2mm diameter, blue-black berries to 10mm diameter, 20mm long, white-powdery

Further References

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