Smilacaceae FAMILY

Smilax trinervula

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Smilax trinervula is a deciduous perennial plant with stems that become more or less woody and persist. The branched stems are suberect to slightly climbing, unarmed or sparsely prickly, around 50 - 200cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Japan (Honshu).

HabitatMountains, C. Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. Forests and thickets at elevations of 400 - 1700 metres in Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].