WorldFloraDB - Smilax discotis

Characteristics

Plants shrubby, suberect to subscandent. Stem branched, terete, 0.5--3 m, scarcely or sparsely prickly. Petiole 4--5(--15) mm, broadly winged for all its length; wings ± shell-shaped, 3--5 mm wide; abscission zone apical; tendrils sometimes present. Leaf blade abaxially glaucous, usually subelliptic, 4--10(--20) × 2--5(--10) cm, base cordate. Inflorescence borne in axil of rather young leaf on new branchlets, of 1 umbel, basally not prophyllate; peduncle 1--4 cm; umbels of both sexes several flowered, base slightly thickened, sometimes elongate; bracteoles small. Male flowers: tepals yellowish green, ca. 4 × 1--1.8 mm. Female flowers: tepals slightly smaller than male ones; staminodes 3. Berries black, globose, 6--8 mm in diam., white powdery. Fl. Apr--May, fr. Oct.

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A shrubby plant. The stem is branched. It is 0.5-3 m long. There can be a few prickles. The leaf stalk is 4-5 mm long and with broad wings. The leaf blade is 4-10 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They can be larger. The flowering stalk is in the axil of a new leaf on a young branch. There are several flowers of both sexes. The flowers are yellowish-green. The fruit is a black berry 6-8 mm across,

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

7.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In China it grows in shady places between 600-2100 m altitude. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

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Forests, thickets and shaded places on slopes; at elevations from 600-2,100 metre.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-10
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:541401-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000740609
COL ID	4XWF6
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Smilax discotis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Smilax discotis Warb.

Species