Smilax sieboldii Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Smilacaceae > Smilax

Characteristics

A climbing vine. The stems are branched. They are 1-2 m long, They are fairly woody. The stem and branches have black needle like prickles. The leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long and has narrow wings for half its length. Tendrils occur. The leaf blade is oval and 3-9 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The leaf is soft. The flowering stalk has one group of 3-8 flowers of both sexes. The flowers are yellowish-green. The fruit is a blue-black berry. It is round and 6-7 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and thickets on grassy slopes from sea level to 1800 m altitude of higher.
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Forests, thickets and grassy slopes; at elevations from near sea level to 1,800 metres, occasionally to 2,500, metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
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Images

Smilax sieboldii unspecified picture

Distribution

Smilax sieboldii world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:541849-1
WFO ID wfo-0000742276
COL ID 6YS86
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Smilax formosana Coprosmanthus oldhamii Smilax oldhamii Smilax nebelii Smilax sieboldii f. inermis Smilax herbacea var. oldhamii Smilax sieboldii var. formosana Smilax sieboldii var. inermis Smilax sieboldii