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Smilax calophylla

Scientific Name
Smilax calophylla
Family Name
Smilacaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Dawai-dawai, sedawai, akar kancil (peninsular). (Malaysia)
Description
An erect to straggling slender shrub up to 2.5m tall with smooth stems and branches;leaves elliptical to lanceolate-elliptical or narrowly ovate, up to 20cm long, petiole upto 2cm long, wings of petiolar sheaths not well developed, tendrils absent;inflorescence with 2-7 umbels; fruit 7-9mm in diameter, reddish- brown at maturity.Smilax calophylla occurs in evergreen forest up to 1600m altitude. (Malaysia)
Uses
Aphrodisiac, tonic, child birth, swellings, gonorrhea (Malaysia)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Smilax calophylla (IPNI)

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