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Aralia nudicaulis (commonly wild sarsaparilla, [3] false sarsaparilla, shot bush, small spikenard, wild liquorice, and rabbit root) is a species of flowering plant in the ivy family Araliaceae. It is native to northern and eastern North America.
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).
Smilax aristolochiifolia is native to Mexico and Central America. [17] Sarsaparilla is native to the Mesoamerica region, especially in Belize, El Salvador and Guatemala. [17] In North America, sarsaparilla originates in Southern Mexico, being found primarily in the states of Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán, [17] Nuevo León, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Quintana Roo. [16]
Sarsaparilla (also zarzaparrilla, sarsparilla) is a name used specifically for the Neotropical S. ornata as well as a catch-all term in particular for American species. Occasionally, the non-woody species such as the smooth herbaceous greenbrier ( S. herbacea ) are separated as genus Nemexia ; they are commonly known by the rather ambiguous ...
Smilax ornata is used as the basis for a soft drink frequently called sarsaparilla. It is also a primary ingredient in old fashioned-style licorice , [ 10 ] in conjunction with sassafras , [ 11 ] which was more widely available prior to studies of its potential health risks.
New tests done by the Environmental Working Group have found 21 oat-based cereals and snack bars popular amongst children to have "troubling levels of glyphosate." The chemical, which is the ...
Smilax glyciphylla, the sweet sarsaparilla, is a dioecious climber native to eastern Australia. It is widespread in rainforest , sclerophyll forest and woodland ; mainly in coastal regions. The leaves are distinctly three-veined with a glaucous under-surface, lanceolate, 4–10 cm long by 1.5–4 cm wide.
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