Plant Details

Accepted name:: Smilax aristolochiifolia Mill. [Smilacaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american sarsaparilla	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gray sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mexiko-sarsaparille	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
salsapariglia smilace	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
salsaparrilha	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
salsaparrilha de minas de gerais	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
salsaparrilha do mexico	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
salsaparrilha do para	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
salsepareille	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
salsepareille du mexique	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sarsaparilla radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sarsaparillae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
sarsaparillewurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
ushba	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ushba maghrabi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vera cruz sarsaparilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
veracruz sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wild liquorice	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
zarzaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried roots	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
root	vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Smilax medica Schltdl. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 47 (1831).
Smilax kerberi F.W.Apt Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 408 (1922).
Smilax medica var. bracteata A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 87 (1878).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax aristolochiaefolia Mill.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Smilax aristolochiaefolia Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Smilax aristolochiaefolia Willd.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Smilax aristolochiaefolii Miller	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Smilax aristolochiifolia	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Smilax aristolochiifolia Mill	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Smilax aristolochiifolia Mill.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Smilax aristolochiifolia Miller	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Smilax aristolociaefolia Mill.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Smilax medica Schldl. & Cham.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Smilax medica Schlecht. & Cham.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Smilax medica Schlechtendhal et Chamisson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Smilax medica Schltdl. & Cham.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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