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Smilax riparia

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

A. de Candolle

Common Names

• Niu wei cai (Pinyin)
• Shiode (Japan)
• Hosoba-shiode (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Anhui
• Fujian
• Gansu
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Jilin
• Liaoning
• Nei Mongol
• Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Shanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Hokkaido
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Philippines
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets & grassland
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jun-Jul (China)
• Jul-Aug (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (China)

Annual or perennial glabrous herbaceous to woody tendril vine with glabrous leaves to 150mm x 70mm. Axillary umbels of male 5mm yellow-green flowers, sepals 5mm x 1mm, petals 4mm x 1mm, female flowers smaller, sepals 4mm long, petals 4mm long, blue-black fruit to 9mm diameter

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• F Indochine
• FOJ
• Kew