Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Smilax tonduzii F.W.Apt Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 414 (1922).
Smilax barbillana Cufod. Arch. Bot. Sist. 9: 186 (1933).
Smilax bernhardii F.W.Apt Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 418 (1922).
Smilax chiriquensis C.V.Morton Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 326 (1942).
Smilax gilgiana F.W.Apt Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 417 (1922).
Smilax standleyi Killip & C.V.Morton Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 280 (1936).
Smilax vanilliodora F.W.Apt Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 18: 416 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax officinalis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Smilax officinalis H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Smilax officinalis Kunth	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Smilax officinalis Kunth in H.B.K.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Smilax tonduzii Apt	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)

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