Smilax zeylanica
Smilax zeylanica | |
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Smilax zeylanica leaves and fruits | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Smilacaceae |
Genus: | Smilax |
Species: | S. zeylanica
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Binomial name | |
Smilax zeylanica | |
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Smilax zeylanica is a plant species in the genus Smilax. Its leaves and roots are used for medicinal purposes. The plant is widespread in India, and native in other parts of the Indian Subcontinent as well as in Myanmar, Malaysia, Java and Solomon Islands.[1][2] It is traditionally used for the treatment of ulcers.[3][medical citation needed] It is one of the larval host plants of the butterfly Zesius chrysomallus.[4]
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Categories:
- Smilacaceae
- Flora of Asia
- Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago)
- Plants used in Ayurveda
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Liliales stubs