Plant Details

Accepted name:: Smilax schomburgkiana 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 pseudosyphilitica Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 188 (1850).
Smilax syphilitica Griseb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 20 (1842), nom. illeg.
Smilax immersa A.C.Sm. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 67: 284 (1940).
Smilax latipes Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 56: 19 (1929).
Smilax pseudosyphilitica var. foliosa A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 157 (1878).
Smilax schomburgkiana var. foliosa A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 156 (1878).
Smilax schomburgkiana var. gracilis A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 156 (1878).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax pseudosyphilitica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Smilax schomburgkiana Kunth	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Smilax syphilitica Griseb.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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