Scientific name: Smilax China;
Alias: Smilax China China, Smilax China China.
Climbing shrub with short thick roots. The stem length is 1-2 meters, and a few of them can reach 4 meters, with sparse thorns.
Ye Jian paper is reddish brown after drying, usually oval, with a length of 3-7(- 14) cm and a width of 2-4.5(- 12) cm, with a slightly convex or short conical top, a wedge-shaped or round base and a light green bottom.
Petiole is short, generally 5-7 mm long, accounting for about 1/2-2/3 of the total length, with sheath and fine tendrils, and the shedding point is above the near tendrils; Sheath ear-shaped, 2-4 mm wide (one side), obviously wider than petiole.
Umbellies are born on young branches, with several to 10 or more flowers, some of which are hemispherical; The total length of pedicel is 5-65438 0.4 mm; Inflorescence receptacle inflated, subglobose, slightly not elongated, with persistent bracteoles.
Flowers green and yellow; The outer perianth of the male flower is 3.5-4 mm long and 2 mm wide, and the inner perianth is about 65438 0 mm wide. Anthers are 2-3 times wider than filaments; The female flower is smaller than the male flower and has three staminodes.
Berries are 5-7 mm in diameter and dark red when ripe.
The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruiting period is10-165438+1October.
Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. Born in the shade of forests, bushes or hillsides and roadsides below 800 meters above sea level. Vietnam, Laos and Thailand are also distributed. ? (Excerpted from Flora of China)