Plant Details

Accepted name:: Smilax aristolochiifolia Mill. [Smilacaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacop. 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) Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)
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	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
sarsaparilla	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ushba maghrabi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ushbaa maghrabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vera cruz sarsaparilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
veracruz sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild liquorice	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
zarzaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zarzaparrilla	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots		Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried roots	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
root		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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Smilax aristolochiaefolia Mill.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Smilax aristolochiaefolia Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Smilax aristolochiaefolia Miller.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Smilax aristolochiaefolia Willd.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Smilax aristolochiaefolii Miller	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Smilax aristolochiifolia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Smilax aristolochiifolia Miller	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Smilax aristolociaefolia Mill.	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Smilax medica Schl. & Cham.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Smilax medica Schldl. & Cham.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Smilax medica Schlecht. & Cham.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (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) Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)

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