Smilax zeylanica is a plant species in the genus Smilax. Its leaves and roots are used for medicinal purposes. The plant is widespread in India, and native in other parts of the Indian Subcontinent as well as in Myanmar, Malaysia, Java and Solomon Islands.[1][2] It is traditionally used for the treatment of ulcers.[3][medical citation needed] It is one of the larval host plants of the butterfly Zesius chrysomallus.[4]

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Smilax zeylanica - Ayurveda medicinal plants[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Antiulcer Activity Of Smilax Zeylanica Linn Archived August 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Terminalia ferdinandiana in Encyclopedia