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Smilax glabra (Chinaroot; sarsaparilla)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Smilax glabra, the Chinaroot, tufuling (土茯苓) or sarsaparilla, is a plant species in the genus Smilax. It is native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina. Smilax glabra is used in Chinese herbology. It is also a key ingredient in the Chinese medical dessert guīlínggāo, which makes use of its property to set certain kinds of jelly.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Structure [2]  Vine
Height [2]  9.84 feet (3 m)
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Predators

Elaphodus cephalophus (tufted deer)[3]
Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa[4]
Muntiacus crinifrons (black muntjac)[5]

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Elaphodus cephalophus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae), DAVID M. LESLIE, JR., DANA N. LEE, AND RICHARD W. DOLMAN, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 45(904):80–91 (2013)
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5"Seasonal food habits of the black muntjac Muntiacus crinifrons", ZHENG Rong-Quan, BAO Yi-Xin, Current Zoology Apr. 2007, 53(2): 201 - 207
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0