Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Smilax glyciphylla
Sweet sarsaparilla
Smilacaceae
Forest, woodland, and near streams. Coastal north from Eden. Ranges north from Ulladulla.
Woody climber or creeper, twining and climbing by tendrils. Stems to about 5 m long, with no prickles, hairless. Fruit fleshy. Leaves alternating up the stems, mostly 4–10 cm long, 15–50 mm wide, with 3 longitudinal veins, upper surface green, lower surface glaucous, tips more or less pointed, stalk twisted. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers white to creamish, with 6 'petals' each 2-4 mm long. Flowers in few- to many-flowered clusters. Flowers late spring to summer. Fruit shiny black, round, 5–10 mm in diameter.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Smilax~glyciphylla (accessed 7 February, 2021)
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