Smilacaceae FAMILY

Smilax glyciphylla

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Smilax glyciphylla is an unarmed, evergreen climbing shrub producing a clump of stems from a tuberous rootstock. The stems can be 5 metres or more long, they climb into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. The plant is sometimes cultivated[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. This report does not make it clear if it is cultivated as an ornamental or medicinal plant.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeAustralia - eastern New South Wales, northern and eastern Queensland

HabitatValleys in humid positions along the coast[ 152 Title Australian Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Lassak. E. V. and McCarthy. T. Publisher New Holland Publishers Year 2001 ISBN 1876334703 Description A very good and readable guide to the subject. ]. Lowland, upland and mountain rain forest; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].