Smilax zeylanica explained

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] It is one of the larval host plants of the butterfly Zesius chrysomallus.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=289061 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=26&page=view&catid=19&key=27 Smilax zeylanica - Ayurveda medicinal plants
3. http://www.inventi.in/Article/ppa/106/12.aspx Antiulcer Activity Of Smilax Zeylanica Linn
4. http://www.tutorgigpedia.com/Terminalia+ferdinandiana_es_3.html Terminalia ferdinandiana in Encyclopedia