SK1855 22 April 2019

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members
 
Location:  Nagarjun Forest reserve, Kathmandu
Date: 20 April 2019
Elevation: 1662 m.

Habit : Wild

Which Smilax ??

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Pl. check species available at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/smilacaceae/smilax

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J. M. Garg

[J.M. Garg]

Pl. check comparative images at

https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/smilacaceae/smilax

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[J.M. Garg]

Closest I can go with comparative images at Smilax‎ is Smilax ovalifolia Roxb. ex D.Don

But this will only be tentative without flowers or fruits.

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[Saroj Kasaju]

I guess it is matching.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Could it be Smilax perfoliata ??

Smilax perfoliata 

Smilax perfoliata - efloraofindia

Smilax perfoliata Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 622 (1790) - T. Koyama in Fl. E. Himal. 417 (1966) - Bull. Dept. Med. Pl. Nep. 2:126 (1969).

S. prolifera Wall. ex Roxb., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:312 (1892).

Dense shrubby climber. Branches stout, prickly. Leaves 13-23 cm long and 6.5-14 cmbroad, ovate, acuminate to orbicular-ovate, 3-7-costate, base subcordate or rounded; petiole2-3.5 cm long, stout, sheathing portion forming two large basal amplexicaul erect or reflexedauricles. Umbels 3-nate or whorled, many-flowered. Peduncle 1.5-2 cm long; pedicels 0.6 cm long; bracteoles minute. Flowers small, sepals oblong-lanceolate. Filaments slender. Ovary oblong.

Distribution : Northern India, N. Burma, northern Indo-China and S. China; in Nepal - east and central.

Ecology: Occurs in temperate forest.Uses :

Placeofcollection:Nagarjun, 1450—1540m

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

No. Looks different.

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[Saroj Kasaju]

This has been verified as Smilax wallichii Kunth !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju