Plant Details

Accepted name:: Smilax glauca Walter [Smilacaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cat greenbriar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cat greenbrier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
catbrier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oshbeh-maqrebiyeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
salsepareille du honduras	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
sawbrier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
smooth greenbrier	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wild sarsaparilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
عشبه مغربیه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Smilax sarsaparilla L. Sp. Pl.: 1029 (1753), tentatively listed as a synonym.
Smilax caroliniana F.Dietr. Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 8: 305 (1838), nom. superfl.
Smilax discolor Schltdl. Linnaea 18: 454 (1844).
Smilax glauca var. discolor (Schltdl.) C.V.Morton Brittonia 14: 305 (1962).
Smilax glauca var. genuina S.F.Blake Rhodora 20: 79 (1918), not validly publ.
Smilax glauca var. leurophylla S.F.Blake Rhodora 20: 80 (1918).
Smilax spinulosa Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 33: n.° 9 (1816).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax glauca Walt.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Smilax glauca Walter	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Smilax sarsaparilla	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Smilax sarsaparilla L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

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