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Smilax menispermoidea

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

A. de Candolle

Common Names

• Hade Kukurdaino (Nepali)
• Karyang (Nepali)
• Kukurdaino (Nepali)
• Kurung (Nepali)
• Gatlang (Tamang)
• Nagikhre (Tamang)
• Fang ji ye ba qia (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Gansu
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Sikkim - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest & thickets
• streamside
• shrubland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• May to Jun (China)

Fruiting Times

• Oct to Nov (China)

Deciduous unarmed or slightly spiny tendril vine with mucronulate leaves to 40mm x 25mm glabrous above, axillary umbels, male & female 2.5mm greenish or purple-red flowers, sepals to 2mm long, purple-black berries to 10mm diameter

Further References

• Manandhar 2002
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• JAA
• Kew