WorldFloraDB - Smilax walteri

Characteristics

Vines; rhizomes slender, running. Stems perennial, climbing to clambering, branching, slender, 2–6 m, woody, glabrous; prickles scattered, subulate. Leaves deciduous to semievergreen; petiole 0.5–1 cm; blade abaxially green, drying to lightly orange-tinted brown, ovate-oblong, to ovate-lanceolate, with 3 prominent veins, thin, 6–10 × 3–7 cm, glabrous or minutely pubescent abaxially, not glaucous, base rounded, subcordate, or, sometimes, cuneate at petiole insertion, margins entire, apex acute, mucronate. Umbels few to many, axillary to leaves, few-flowered, loose, hemispherical; peduncle 0.5–2 cm, generally shorter than petiole of subtending leaf. Flowers: perianth brownish yellow; tepals 3–6 mm; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel 0.5–1 cm. Berries bright red to orange, globose, 7–9 mm, shining.

More

Slender woody vine, unarmed except for a few small, flat, slightly recurved prickles at base; lvs deciduous, firm, shining above, ovate or triangular-ovate or lance-triangular, 7–12 cm, acute or obtuse, entire, 3-or 5-nerved, prominently reticulate; peduncles flattened, about equaling the subtending petioles; staminate tep 6 mm, broadly recurved; frs red, few in a cluster, 7–9 mm, 1–3-seeded; 2n=32. Swamps and wet woods; Md. to n. Fla., w. to La. May.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

2.4

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

0.3

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

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

Usage

Uses	dye medicinal
Edible	fruits leaves roots shoots
Therapeutic use	Antirheumatic agents (root), Aphrodisiacs (root), Demulcents (root), Hypohidrosis (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Skin diseases (root), Syphilis (root), Sexually transmitted diseases (tuber), Skin diseases (tuber), Alterative (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Dermatosis (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Flux (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Gravel (unspecified), Menorrhagia (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Cancer(Digestive) (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Analgesics (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Aphrodisiacs (unspecified), Asthenia (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Disorder of ejaculation (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Helminthiasis (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Laxatives (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Psoriasis (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Urination disorders (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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