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Smilax canariensis

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 20, 2023
Entity authorityQ10372416 ↗
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Smilax canariensis is a species of flowering plants of the Smilacaceae family. It occurs in Madeira and the Canary Islands. The species was first described by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1806. Its Spanish name is zarzaparrilla canaria.

Description

The species is a climbing wintergreen plant. It has few or no thorns. The width to length ratio of its leaves is about 0.6. The flowers are unisexual, in a simple umbel. Its fruits are black when ripe.

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This entry incorporates text from “Smilax canariensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.