Biology:Smilax calophylla

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Smilax calophylla
Smilax calophylla.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Smilacaceae
Genus: Smilax
Species:
S. calophylla
Binomial name
Smilax calophylla
Wall. ex A.DC.

Smilax calophylla is a vine in the greenbrier family. It is native to parts of Southeast Asia (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra) as well as to northeastern Australia (Queensland).[1][2][3]

Smilax calophylla is an erect to declining herb up to 2.5 m tall, with yellow flowers and reddish-brown fruits. Tea brewed from the leaves is used as a male aphrodisiac in Malaysia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Smilax calophylla A.DC.
  3. ↑ Wallich, Nathaniel ex Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1878. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 1: 60 in Latin
  4. ↑ Malaysian Herbal Heritage - Men's Health (Rancang tembaga - Smilax calophylla)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15490883 entry



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