- Family : SMILACACEAE
(Greenbrier Or Catbrier Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KUMARIKA FAMILY (कुमारिका फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Smilacaceae
- Synonym(s) : Smilax ceylanica Oken; Smilax collina Kunth; Smilax elliptica R.Br.; Smilax elliptica Desv.; Smilax hohenackeri Kunth; Smilax indica Burm.f.; Smilax ovalifolia var. nervulosa A.DC.; Smilax villandia Buch.-Ham. ex Royle; Smilax zollingeri Kunth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Smilax zeylanica L.
- Vernacular name :
- Kaattukkodi (Tamil)
- Mutri, Ramdatani, Mothuri, Ramdatuni, Mutur, Raj dantni (Oria)
- Jangli aushbah, Shob cheri (Hindi)
- Kondathamara, Kummari teega (Telugu)
- Arikanni, Kareelanchi, Keeralanchi, Valiyakanni (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1200m climbing on thickets and by shola border on trees
- Flower, Fruit : April-February
- Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh; S.R.Ramesh, P.Prakash; Vijayalakshmi H.N.; Cecil J. Saldanha, S.R.Ramesh, N.S.Ravindra
- Collection Date : 21-07-1978, 14-12-1978, 27-12-1971, 28-07-1978
- Collection Nos : KFP 1870, KFP 5343, SJC 19, KFP 1974
- Collection Locality : Kolchar, Dakshina Kannada district; Vanake-Abbi falls, Agumbe road, Shivamogga district; Dharmasthala, Dakshina Kannada district
- 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, Bangalore
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane 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
- Jharkhand :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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.: 211
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Smilax zeylanica
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Smilax zeylanica. Downloaded on 12 February 2026.
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