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Smilax lanceifolia

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Common Names

• Kubiraina (Nepali)
• Ma jia ba qia (Pinyin)
• Cuòng cuòng (Vietnam)
• Akar Kemudang (Sarawak)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest & thickets
• evergreen forests
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Mar to Apr. Sep-Mar (China)
• jan-Feb (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• Apr to Jun
• Oct-Nov (China)
• Jul-Aug (Thailand)

Woody tendril twiner or perennial evergreen vine to 5m, coriaceous papery leaves 170mm x 50mm, with axillary umbels of male 4.5mm yellowish flowers, sepals 4mm x 1.3mm, petals 4mm x 1mm, female flowers to 2mm, fruit a red to black berry to 7mm diameter

Further References

• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• HKU
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• P. Chai
• GBS
• Kew