Family | Smilacaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
Scientific name | Smilax riparia A. de Candolle |
Synonyms | Coprosmanthus oldhamii (Miquel) Masamune var. daibuensis (Hayata) Masamune; Coprosmanthus pseudochina Masamune var. daibuensis (Hayata) Masamune; Smilax excelsa L. var. ussuriensis Regel; Smilax flaccida C. H. Wright; Smilax herbacea L. var. angusta C. H. Wright; Smilax herbacea L. var. daibuensis Hayata; Smilax herbacea L. var. foetida H. Léveillé; Smilax herbacea L. var. heterophylla H. Léveillé; Smilax herbacea L. var. lancilimba Merrill; Smilax higoensis Miquel var. maximowiczii (Koidzumi) Kitagawa; Smilax higoensis Miquel var. ussuriensis (Regel) Kitagawa; Smilax maximowiczii Koidzumi; Smilax oldhamii Miquel; Smilax oldhamii Miquel var. daibuensis (Hayata) T. Koyama; Smilax oldhamii Miquel var. ussuriensis (Regel) A. de Candolle; Smilax ovatorotunda Hayata var. ussuriensis (Regel) H. Hara; Smilax ovatorotunda Hayata var. ussuriensis (Regel) H. Hara forma stenophylla H. Hara; Smilax ovatorotunda Hayata var. ussuriensis (Regel) H. Hara forma maximowiczii (Koidzumi) H. Hara; Smilax pteropus Miquel; Smilax riparia forma ovatorotunda (Hayata) T. Koyama; Smilax riparia A. de Candolle subsp. ussuriensis (Regel) Kitagawa; Smilax riparia A. de Candolle var. ussuriensis (Regel) H. Hara et T. Koyama; Smilax riparia A. de Candolle var. ussuriensis (Regel) H. Hara et T. Koyama forma maximowiczii (Koidzumi) T. K oyama; Smilax takaoensis Hayata |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shiode |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines | |
Habitat | Mountane forest and fields |
Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
Description | Plants 50-130cm long. Leaves 5-11cm long, petioles 1-2cm long. Flowers pale green 6 perianths, each 4-5mm long in male flower, 2-2.5mm long in female flower, flowering in May to June. Fruits balck ca. 1cm. Perennial plants. |
References | Smilax riparia var. riparia |
Process for preparing saponin compounds (US Patent 6753414/2004) | |
Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008) |
July 2007 at lowland forest |
July 2007 at lowland forest |
July 2007 at lowland forest |
July 2007 at lowland forest |
July 2007 at lowland forest |
July 2007 at lowland forest |
July 2007 at lowland forest |