Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brown sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
honduran sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jamaica sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jamaican sarsaparilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
salsapariglia	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
salsepareille	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
sarsaparill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sarsaparilla	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
sarsaparilla radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sarsaparilla, brown	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
sarsaparillae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
sarsaparillewurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
stechwinde	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
wild liquorice	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
zarzaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zarzaparrilla	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome, root		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
roots		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Smilax grandifolia Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 16 (1856), nom. illeg.
Smilax regelii Killip & C.V.Morton Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 272 (1936).
Smilax utilis Hemsl. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2589 (1899), nom. illeg.
Smilax regelii f. albida (Killip & C.V.Morton) Standl. & Steyerm. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(3): 98 (1952).
Smilax regelii var. albida Killip & C.V.Morton Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 273 (1936).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax grandifolia Regel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Smilax ornata	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Smilax ornata Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Smilax ornata Lem.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Smilax regelii	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Smilax regelii Kill et C.V.Morton	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Smilax regelii Kill. & C.V.Morton	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Smilax regelii Killip & C. V. Morton	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Smilax regelii Killip & C.V. Morton	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Smilax regelii Killip & C.V.Morton	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Smilax regelii Killip & Morton	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Smilax regelii Killip et Morton	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Smilax regelli Killip & C.V. Morton	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Smilax utilis Hemsley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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