Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
katcho	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ku-ku	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
wild sarsaparilla	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

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

Smilax guianensis var. subarmata O.E.Schulz in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 149 (1903).
Smilax macrophylla Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 786 (1806).
Smilax macrophylla var. variegata B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 295 (1870).
Smilax megalophylla Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 244 (1803).
Smilax subarmata (O.E.Schulz) O.E.Schulz in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 28 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax guianensis Vitman	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

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