Smilacaceae FAMILY

Smilax lanceifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Smilax lanceifolia is an evergreen climbing plant that can grow from 1 - 5 metres tall. It produces a cluster of branched stems from a tuberous rootstock - these grow into the surrounding vegetation for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested fom the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines

HabitatMoist places in forests, forest margins, thickets, shaded places on slopes; at elevations from 100 - 2,800 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].