Smilax zeylanica Linn.
Family Liliaceae
Habitat Tropical parts of India including hifis. Common in eastern Himalayas.
Unani Jangali Ushbaa.
Siddha/Tamil Malai-thaamara.
A powerful anti biotic medicinal plant in ayurveda.
Action Root—used in prescriptions for venereal diseases. Decoction, used for abscesses, boils, swellings and rheumatism; also for dysentery. Used as a substitute for S. ornata.
Diosgenin is reported from the root and leaf.
