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Smilax mollis

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• W. Cuba
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• montane forest
• cloud forest
• forest
• shrubs

Flowering Times

• All year (Nic)
• Apr (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Nic)
• Jun (Costa Rica)

Spiny or unarmed yellow tomentose climbing vine or shrub, sometimes with tendrils, striate pilose or glabrous stems. Densely tomentose coraceous leaves to 160mm x 90mm, glabrate above. Male flowers in axillary umbels of 30 flowers, with tomentose bracts to 13mm long, 9mm long pale green flowers, tepals 9mm x 1mm. Female flowers with sepals 3mm long. 20mm long x 10mm diameter orange or bright red berries

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• SAFIO
• Standley
• Kew