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1. Smilax ovalifolia Roxb.wfo-0001073236
Fl. Ind. ed. 2. 3: 794. 1832; Wight, Ic. 3 (1): t. 809. 1844; T.Koyama, Adv. Front. Pl. Sci. 4: 48. f. 1. 1963.
Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.
Synonyms & Citations :
Description : Large climber; stems 1.5 to 10 m long, ca 1 cm thick; flowering branches terete, dull, striate or slightly zigzag, internodes 5–15 cm long, 4–5 mm thick, smooth or sparsely prickly. Leaves not highly variable in shape; blades oval, ovate-oval or suborbicular, 12–23(–26) cm long, 8–14(–20) cm wide, herbaceous and later becoming thinly coriaceous, pale beneath, abruptly contracted below to a short cuneate base (on sterile branches and stems leaf bases often shallowly cordate), abruptly contracted to rounded or mucronate apex; costas 7 including a slender marginal pair, equally spaced, all diverging near the base, or the median 3 united to 1.3 cm above the base, highly ridged on lower surface with sharp edge, lateral veinlets slender and not pronounced, irregularly divided, forming rather obscure and rough reticulations; petioles 16–30 mm long, triangular, bent upward above the middle, sheathing to 10–13 mm from base; wings ca 1 mm wide, membranous, pointed at apex; tendrils up to 16 cm long. Umbels 1 to 3 on a rather short common axis 1.5–4 cm long, either sex 12-to 40-flowered; prophylls broadly ovate, suddenly acuminate at apex, 4–6 mm long; peduncles of umbels patent, 1.3–3 cm long; bracts broadly ovate, 3 mm long; pistillate receptacles 7 mm across; umbel rays 1–2 cm long. Staminate perianth 5–6 mm long, oblong in mature bud; outer tepals oblong, obtuse at apex, 1.5 mm wide, inner ones linear, 0.8 mm wide, both reflexed at anthesis. Anthers linear-oblong, 1.3 mm long on 7 mm long exserted filament. Pistillate perianth 4–5 mm long; tepals linear-oblong, ca 1 mm wide. Ovary ovoid; staminodes 3, needle-like. Berries globose to ellipsoid-globose, 9–12 mm in diameter, 1-or 2-seeded, maturing dark red.
Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai; NORTH-EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi.
Distribution : Throughout India (type), Upper Burma, Indochina, Hainan.
Ecology : Relatively common in tropical evergreen and lower montane forests, from low country up to 1,500 m alt.
Vernacular : Thaowan yang (เถาวัลย์ยั้ง)(Central); khrua dao (เครือเดา), dao luang (เดาหลวง)(Northern); nampao (หนามเปา)(Shan-Northern); kanga-a (กังกะอ๊ะ), hoka-a (ฮ่อกะอ๊ะ)(Karen-Northern).
SN number | Collectors and numbers | Provinces |
078600 | 47243 | Lampang |
099139 | Anderson, F. 5419 | Chiang Rai |
238761 | Balslev, H. et al. 9824 | Mae Hong Son |
078606 | Bjornland & Schumacher 28 | Chiang Mai |
078607 | Bjornland & Schumacher 290 | Chiang Mai |
125274 | Boonchai, W. 2 | Chiang Mai |
125273 | Boonchai, W. 2 | Chiang Mai |
078602 | Bunchuai, K. 94 | Chiang Mai |
078605 | Bunyarataphand, A. 117 | Phayao |
236012 | Chayamarit, K. et al. 1960 | Chiang Mai |
236011 | Chayamarit, K. et al. 1960 | Chiang Mai |
220488 | Chinpanchana, P. & et al. PC172 | Phetchabun |
078604 | Geesink, R. et al. 5978 | Mae Hong Son |
239000 | La-ongsri, W. et al. 3296 | |
238999 | La-ongsri, W. et al. 3296 | |
078601 | Larsen, K. et al. 2236 | Mae Hong Son |
232957 | Larsen, K. et al. 3201 | Nakhon Ratchasima |
078718 | Larsen, K. 33810 | Kanchanaburi |
078594 | Larsen, K. et al. 662 | Phitsanulok |
189094 | Maknoi, C. & Srisanga, P. 2171 | Loei |
231860 | Maxwell, J.F. 01-504 | Lamphun |
170843 | Maxwell, J.F. 05-368 | Mae Hong Son |
164614 | Maxwell, J.F. 93-603 | Lamphun |
078593 | Maxwell, J.F. 94-677 | Lamphun |
094956 | Maxwell, J.F. 95-895 | Chiang Mai |
117955 | Maxwell, J.F. 97-1503 | Chiang Mai |
116613 | Maxwell, J.F. 97-988 | Chiang Rai |
123263 | Maxwell, J.F. 98-755 | Phayao |
166546 | McClatchey, W. et al. WCM3229 | Sakon Nakhon |
168521 | Moore, B.R. & Moore, T. 24 | Loei |
168522 | Moore, B.R. & Moore, T. 25 | Khon Kaen |
168527 | Moore, B.R. & Moore, T. 29 | Loei |
078597 | Phengklai, C. et al. 6904 | Chiang Mai |
109428 | Santisuk, T. et al. 268 | Kanchanaburi |
109429 | Santisuk, T. et al. 268 | Kanchanaburi |
192277 | Srisanga, P. et al. 887 | Nan |
175966 | Tillich 5019a | Chiang Mai |
078719 | van Beusekom, C.F. et al. 3592 | Kanchanaburi |
145229 | van de Bult, M. 787 | Kanchanaburi |