Smilax aberrans Gagnep.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Smilacaceae > Smilax

Characteristics

Subshrubs or shrubs, suberect, unarmed. Stem branched, 0.5--2 m, smooth. Petiole 0.7--1.5 cm, papillose distally, winged for ca. 1/3 its length; abscission zone subapical; tendrils absent. Leaf blade elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 7--12 × 2.5--6.5 cm, abaxially papillose-pubescent or powdery-scabrous particularly on reticulate veins. Inflorescence borne in axil of leaf or scalelike bract on young branches, of 1 umbel, basally not prophyllate; peduncle 4--6.5 cm; umbels of both sexes 5--20-flowered. Male flowers: tepals greenish yellow or pale purple, 2--2.5 × ca. 1 mm; stamens very short. Female flowers: tepals grayish white, 1.5--2 × ca. 0.8 mm; staminodes 6. Berries globose, 8--11 mm in diam.; carpopodium recurved. Fl. Mar--Apr, fr. Dec.
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Distribution

Smilax aberrans world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:541253-1
WFO ID wfo-0000740722
COL ID 6YRWX
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Synonyms

Smilax aberrans Smilax tsaii Smilax aberrans var. aberrans