Smilax corbularia Kunth

Vines climbing, unarmed. Stem branched, 3--9 m, woody. Petiole 0.8--1.4 cm, narrowly winged for ca. 1/2 its length; wings each with a lanceolate auricle (2--6 mm) apically; abscission zone apical; tendrils usually present. Leaf blade abaxially glaucous, ovate to oblong-elliptic, 4--14 × 2--4.5(--7) cm, leathery, margin recurved. Inflorescence of 1 umbel, basally not prophyllate; peduncle 4--15 mm; umbels of both sexes 10--20-flowered, base thickened; bracteoles many, persistent. Male flowers: tepals not spreading, greenish yellow, outer ones cymbiform, 2.5--3 × ca. 2 mm, inner ones 2--2.5 × ca. 1 mm, thickened, abaxially concave; filaments connate, forming a short column. Female flowers: tepals 2--2.5 mm; staminodes 3. Berries dark red, globose, 6--7 mm in diam. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Dec.

It is a tropical plant. It south China it grows from sea level to 1,600 m above sea level.

It can be grown from seeds or rhizomes.