| Accepted name: |
Smilax rotundifolia L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Smilax caduca L.
-Smilax quadrangularis Muhlenb.
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| English names: |
Common Greenbrier
Cat Brier
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Smilacaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSMIRO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Rubbed in brier scratches for local pains. Used for rheumatism. Parched and powdered leaves used for "scalds."
Infusion taken for stomach trouble. Compound decoction used to aid in expelling afterbirth(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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