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Smilax laurifolia

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Laurel-leaved Greenbrier
• Blaspheme Vine
• Bamboo Vine
• Florida Greenbrier
• Jackson Brier
• Bay-leaved Smilax
• Bejuco de Canasta (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Antilles
• Bahamas
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Honduras
• Panama
• Mexico
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Bogs
• swamp margins
• marshland
• woodland
• streamside
• moist thickets
• forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Aug-Oct Jul (Florida)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Sep Sep (Arkansas)

Armed or unarmed high-climbing glabrous tuberous herbaceous vine with stems to 10m. Leathery leaves to 150mm long. Umbels to 35 flowers. Green, cream, yellow or white flowers, staminate sepals & petals to 6.5mm long, pistillate flowers shorter. 10mm diameter white berry aging red or black.

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• USDA
• SAFIO
• Standley
• Kew