Smilax malipoensis S.C.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Smilacaceae > Smilax

Characteristics

Vines climbing. Stem subterete, woody, furrowed when dried, sparsely verruculose. Petiole 7--12 mm, abaxially verruculose near base, winged; wings 3--5 × 1--1.6 mm, margin crisped; abscission zone at middle; tendrils absent. Leaf blade oblong to oblong-elliptic, (5.5--)11--13 × (1.5--)3--5 cm, main veins 7, abaxially convex, adaxially slightly raised. Male inflorescence of 2 umbels, 4--4.5 cm, basally prophyllate; umbels 10--20-flowered, ca. 2 cm in diam., base globose, 2--3 mm in diam. Male flowers: outer tepals greenish white, 5--6 × ca. 1.8 mm, inner ones much narrower; stamens 5.5--6 mm; anthers ca. 2 mm. Female flowers and fruit unknown. Fl. Nov.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Smilax malipoensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:903099-1
WFO ID wfo-0000738981
COL ID 4XWMC
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Synonyms

Smilax malipoensis