Common Smilax / عليق /

الشُّربيط / اللُّجِّيم / باتورَة / جُرّيح / عنب الديب / عَمْشَق / عُرّيش / فشاغ خشن / فشاغ سهمي / فشاغ قاسي / فُشاغ جاسئ / لَعْلوع / لُزّيق /

Smilax aspera L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
October to January
Seed collection period
April to July
Potential medicinal uses
  • Alterative
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Cream
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Climber
  • Phanerophyte shrub

Scientifc data

Genus
Smilax L.
Family
Smilacaceae
Wikidata item
Q161119
GBIF Item
Smilax aspera L. (5295044)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  2. Smilax aspera L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-23.
  3. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  4. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Łuczaj, Łukasz, Marijana Zovko Končić, Tihomir Miličević, Katija Dolina, and Marija Pandža. “Wild Vegetable Mixes Sold in the Markets of Dalmatia (Southern Croatia).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9, no. 1 (January 3, 2013): 2.
  7. Licata, Mario, Teresa Tuttolomondo, Claudio Leto, Giuseppe Virga, Giuseppe Bonsangue, Ignazio Cammalleri, Maria Gennaro, and Salvatore La Bella. “A Survey of Wild Plant Species for Food Use in Sicily (Italy).” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12
  8. de Cortes Sánchez-Mata, M., & Tardío, J. (Eds.). (2016). Mediterranean wild edible plants: ethnobotany and food composition tables. Springer.
  9. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،مخول، س.(1999).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الثانية).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Smilax aspera L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/724 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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