Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

ÂèÒ¹¤´ Smilax inversa T. Koyama SMILACACEAE 6

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Descriptions :
Climber; stems zigzagging, glabrous, with decurved prickles; leaves simple, alternate, entire, narrowly elliptic; apex mucronate; base of petiole expanded into a wing on either side, each terminating in a tendril; petioles reflexed; inflorescence axillary; prophyll of inflorescence ventricose, pointed; inflorescence of 1- 3 umbels or individual flowers; staminate flowers: tepals 6, 3 broader and 3 narrower; stamens 6; pistillate flowers not seen.