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Smilax oblongata

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Swartz

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Venezuelan Antilles
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest understorey
• riverbank
• secondary forest
• disturbed forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Oct (Tobago) Jun (Bahamas)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Apr
• May
• Aug Feb (Bahamas)

Woody high-climbing tendril vine or liana with unarmed stems or sparse recurved thorns. Mucronate leaves to 135mm x 62mm with tendrils. Umbels with bracteoles to 1mm long, up to 40 flowers, white or green male flowers, sepals to 2.5mm long, female inflorescence similar, sepals to 2.8mm. Blue-black fruits 6mm diameter

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• SAFIO
• Kew