Smilax hayatae Koyama

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs suberect to subscandent. Stem branched, terete, slender, smooth. Petiole 2--5(--8) mm, winged for 1/2--3/5 its length; wings ca. 3 mm, apically with a deltoid-lanceolate auricle 1--1.5 mm; abscission zone apical; tendrils absent. Leaf blade ovate-rhombic or rhombic-elliptic, 3--5(--7) × 1--2.5(--4.5) cm. Male inflorescence of 1 umbel, basally not prophyllate; peduncle slender, 0.7--1.7(--2.2) cm; umbel 2--7-flowered, base scarcely thickened. Male flowers: tepals greenish, outer ones linear-oblong, 1--2 × 0.4--0.8 mm, inner ones ca. 1 × 0.2 mm; stamens ca. 1/2 as long as tepals; anthers subglobose. Female flowers unknown. Berries red, globose, ca. 8 mm in diam. Fl. Apr, fr. Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Smilax hayatae world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:541491-1
WFO ID wfo-0000742662
COL ID 4XWHT
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Synonyms

Smilax gracillima Smilax hayatae