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| Description: Smilax is a hard tendril climbing vine that grows up to 5 meter long. The plant is found growing in shrub thickets in hills and mountains, forests, thickets, hillsides, grassy slopes, shaded places along valleys or streams from near sea level. It prefers moist, well-drained soil for better growth. The plant has hard, large, knotty, uneven rhizome, blackish externally, pale colored or whitish internally. Stem is woody, sparsely prickly, and 1-5 m (3 ft. 3 in-16 ft. 5 in) long. Leaves Leaves are simple, alternate, elliptically oblong to sub-rounded, 5 to 8 centimeters long, 2.5 to 4 centimeters wide; those toward the end of the branches are much smaller and veined. Petioles are about 7 millimeters long, with adnate spiculate stipules which frequently are extended into tendrils. Flowers & Fruits The inflorescence is born in axil of young leaf, of one umbel of both sexes which 10-25 flowered, representing sub globose and base sub globose measuring 2-3 mm in diameter with many small bracteoles. The male flowers have sepals of yellowish green and measuring 3.5-4.5 x 1.5-2.5 mm. The stamens measure 3-4 mm. The filaments are filiform in shape. The female flowers have six staminodes. Flowers are followed by globose red berries that measures 0.6-1.5 cm in diameter and minutely white powdery. Ayurveda and Unani doctors recommend Smilax for white discharge or leucorrhea in women. It has been found to be quite effective in controlling the problem. Smilax contains several medicinal properties including control of swellings (anti-inflammatory), removal of pus from wounds, promotion of urine (diuretic), bringing down high body temperature, removing gas (flatulence) and clearing bowels. Health Benefits:
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