- 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, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (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
- 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 :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Smilax perfoliata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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