Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bari-chob-chini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bari-chobchini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barichobchini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese smilax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chobachini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chobchini	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
copacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dweepaantara-vachaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
glabrous greenbrier	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
glabrous greenbrier rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
guang ye ba qia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
katcho-gyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
khong	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
lokhandi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
parangipattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
powdered smilax rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizoma smilacis glabrae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
smilacis glabrae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
smilacis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
smilacis rhizoma pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
smilax rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
smooth greenbrier	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
thổ phục linh	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
top-chini	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
tu fu ling	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tufuling	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
サンキライ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
サンキライ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
土茯苓	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves	juice of leaves	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tuber	tuber	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rhizome	powder	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Smilax blinii H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 256 (1915).
Smilax calophylla var. concolor C.H.Wright J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 96 (1903).
Smilax dunniana H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 446 (1911).
Smilax glabra var. maculata H.Lév. Liliac. & C.Chine: 23 (1905).
Smilax hookeri Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 162 (1850).
Smilax lanceolata Burm.f. Fl. Ind.: 213 (1768), nom. illeg.
Smilax mengmaensis R.H.Miao Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1982(3): 75 (1982).
Smilax trigona Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 258 (1900).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax glabra	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Smilax glabra (Roxb.)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
Smilax glabra Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Smilax glabra Roxburgh	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Smilax glabra Wallich ex Roxb.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)

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