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Smilax ornata

Species of flowering plant in the family Smilacaceae

Summary

Species of flowering plant in the family Smilacaceae

Smilax grandifolia Regel 1856, not Buckley 1843 nor Voigt 1845 nor Poepp. ex A. DC. 1878
Smilax ornata Hook. 1889 not Lem. 1865
Smilax regelii Killip & C.V.Morton
Smilax utilis Hemsl. 1899, not C.H. Wright 1895 |access-date=12 August 2014}}

Smilax ornata is a perennial trailing vine with prickly stems that is native to Mexico and Central America. Common names include sarsaparilla, Honduran sarsaparilla, and Jamaican sarsaparilla.

It is known in Spanish as zarzaparrilla, which is derived from the words zarza meaning "bramble" (from Basque sartzia "bramble"), and parrilla, meaning "little grape vine".

Uses

Food

Smilax ornata is used as the basis for a soft drink known as sarsaparilla. It is also a primary ingredient in old fashioned-style licorice, in conjunction with sassafras,{{Cite book | last = Era

Traditional medicine

Smilax ornata was considered by Native Americans to have medicinal properties, and was a popular European treatment for syphilis when it was introduced from the New World. From 1820 to 1910, it was registered in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia as a treatment for syphilis.

Chemical constituents gallery

File:Sarsaparilla-Triterpenes.svg|Triterpenes, a constituent of sarsaparilla File:Sarsaparilloside.svg|Sarsaparilloside, a constituent of sarsaparilla File:Sarsaparilla-R1.svg|Sarsaparilla R1, a constituent of sarsaparilla File:Sarsaparilla-R2.svg|Sarsaparilla R2, a constituent of sarsaparilla File:Parillin.svg|Parillin, a constituent of sarsaparilla

References

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[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=288960 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sarsaparilla Sarsaparilla]
Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1–543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(9-11): 1–337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Encyclopædia Britannica. "sarsaparilla (flavouring) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com.
Wilson, H.. (1843-04-22). "Sarsaparilla in Syphilis". Provincial Medical Journal and Retrospect of the Medical Sciences.
"PlantNET – FloraOnline". Plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au.

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