Smilax aspera, Rough Bindweed - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Rough bindweed, Sarsaparilla, Common smilax

Botanical name & synonyms: Smilax aspera, Smilax balearica, Smilax capitata, Smilax catalonica, Smilax conferta, Smilax goetzeana, Smilax intricatissima, Smilax longipes, Smilax maculata, Smilax mauritanica, Smilax mauritanica var. vespertilionis, Smilax nigra, Smilax nilagirensis, Smilax oxycarpa, Smilax pendulina, Smilax picta, Smilax platyphylla, Smilax rettiana, Smilax rigida, Smilax sagittata, Smilax sagittifolia, Smilax saxicola, Smilax tetragona, Smilax variabilis, Smilax willkommii

Family: Greenbrier family (Smilacaceae)

• native to Mediterranean region, Asia, Africa
  

• evergreen climbing shrub
  

• 5 to 15m
  

• culinary plant
  

• moderately frost resistant
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 33,35 gram