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Smilax walteri

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Pursh

Common Names

• Red-berried Greenbrier
• Red-berried Bamboo
• Coral Greenbrier

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• E. Texas
• Virginia - U.S.A.
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Wet thickets
• forests
• swamps
• boggy areas
• riversides
• pinelands

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Jul Nov (USA)

Spiny or unarmed woody tuberous clambering vine with angled stems armed near base. Leaves to 120mm x 52mm with tendrils. Umbels with bracts, male umbels to 18 flowers, females to 5 flowers. Yellow, green or brown flowers, sepals & petals in staminate flowers to 8mm long, pistillate flowers to 4mm long. 12mm x 8mm red occasionally white fruits

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOA : Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOSEUS
• USDA
• SAFIO
• Kew