- Family : SMILACACEAE
(Greenbrier Or Catbrier Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KUMARIKA FAMILY (कुमारिका फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Smilacaceae
- Synonym(s) : Smilax annamensis Rendle; Smilax laurina Kunth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Smilax perfoliata Lour.
- Vernacular name :
- Ramdathuni, Ramdatun, Mutri, Mothuri (Oria)
- Paichooral (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 900m.
- Flower, Fruit : February-November
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 16-01-1969, 07-05-1965
- Collection Nos : CJS 12326, CJS 9799
- Collection Locality : Vatehalla, Hassan district; Harihalli
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagara district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 210
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Smilax perfoliata
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Smilax perfoliata. Downloaded on 9 January 2026.
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