Back سميلاكس غلابرا Arabic Smilax glabra AST Hamar mərəvcə Azerbaijani هامار مروجه AZB Smilax glabra CEB Smilax glabra Spanish اسمیلاکس گلابرا Persian ドブクリョウ Japanese Smilax glabra Swedish ข้าวเย็นใต้ Thai
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Smilacaceae |
| Genus: | Smilax |
| Species: | S. glabra
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| Smilax glabra | |
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Smilax glabra, sarsaparilla,[2] is a plant species in the genus Smilax. It is native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina.[1][3][4][5][6]
S. glabra is a traditional medicine in Chinese herbology, whence it is also known as tufuling (土茯苓) or chinaroot, china-root, and china root (a name it shares with the related S. china). Chinaroot is a key ingredient in the Chinese medical dessert guilinggao, which uses its ability to set certain kinds of jelly.
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- ^ Sarsaparilla on rain-tree.com
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