Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ashba	Other	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
brown sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
honduran sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
honduras sarsaparilla	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jamaica saksaparilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jamaica sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
jamaican sarsaparilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sarsaparila	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
sarsaparill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sarsaparilla	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) 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)
ushbaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
west african sarsaparilla	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wild liquorice	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
zarzaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome, root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
roots		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Root, rhizome		Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
roots		Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Smilax ornata (Lem)	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
Smilax ornata Hook.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Smilax regelii	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Smilax regelii Killip & C. V. Morton	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Smilax regelii Killip & C.V. Morton	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Smilax regelii Killip & C.V.Morton	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Smilax regelii Killip & Morton	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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)
smilax regelii Killip & Morton	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)

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