Smilacaceae
China root
Smilax china
- Family
- Smilacaceae
- Genus
- Smilax
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Common names
By language (21)
- ace
- Peundang
- Arabic
- فشاغ صيني, جذر صيني, فشاغ زراعي
- Azerbaijani
- Çin mərəvcəsi
- Burmese
- စိန္နပေါ်
- Chinese
- 菝葜, 大溪菝葜, 菝葜叶, 金刚兜, 金刚藤
- Czech
- Přestup čínský
- English
- China root
- hsb
- Chinska přestupnička
- Indonesian
- Gadung cina
- Japanese
- サルトリイバラ
- Korean
- 청미래덩굴
- lzh
- 菝葜
- mad
- Ghâḍḍhung cèna
- Malay
- Gadung cina
- Malayalam
- ചീനപ്പാവ്
- Marathi
- चोपचिनी
- Persian
- چوب چینی
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၵၢင်ႇငၢင်ႉ, ၽၵ်းလၢမ်ပဝ်, ၽၵ်းဢူင်ႉယူင်ႉ, ၽၵ်းဢူတ်ႉဢၢတ်ႉ, ၽၵ်းၼၢမ်ပဝ်
- Sindhi
- چوب چيني
- Urdu
- چوپ چینی
- Vietnamese
- Tì giải
Synonyms
- Smilax boninensis Nakai
- Smilax china f. china
- Smilax china f. obtusa H.Lév.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 44 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ISAKA Yoji, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dieter Albrecht, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ISAKA Yoji, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dieter Albrecht, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ISAKA Yoji, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.