Smilacaceae
57 edible species
Family including sarsaparilla and greenbriers; some species produce edible tubers and berries in traditional cuisines.
Edible: Fruit
China Root
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Flowers
Edible: Leaves
Supple Jack, Kareao
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root, Sap
Leg-ripper, Thorny rope
Edible: Leaves, Root, Rhizome, Tuberous root - flavouring, Fruit, Vegetable
Mexican sarsaparilla
Edible: Rhizome - flavouring, Leaves
Wild sarsaparilla, Italian smilax
Edible: Leaves, Root, Stems, Fruit
Earleaf greenbrier
Edible: Root, Rhizome
False sarsparilla, Austral Sarsparilla, Greenbrier
Edible: Fruit
Yuan ye ba qia
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Edible: Root, Fruit
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Edible: Fruit ?
Bullbrier, Greenbrier
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Fruit
Edible: Fruit
Sun Moon Vine, China root, Chinese Sarsaparilla
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root, Leaves - tea
Edible: Roots - flavouring
Edible: Root
Edible: Root
Tuo bing ba qia
Edible: Fruit
Kukar-daru
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Melocan, Melvocan, Silean
Edible: Shoots, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers, Leaf stalk
Ecuadorian Sarsaparilla
Edible: Root
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Fruit, Root - drink, Shoots, Tubers
Cat greenbrier
Edible: Leaves, Root
Sweet tea, Sarsparilla vine
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Leaves - tea
Everglades greenbrier
Edible: Shoots, Rhizomes, Fruit
Carrion flower, Jacob's ladder
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root
Hag Briar
Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Laurel greenbrier, Lanceleaf greenbrier
Edible: Leaves, Root, Young stems
Canar sarsaparilla, Marsh yam
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Sarsaparilla
Edible: Roots
Jackson's brier
Edible: Shoots
Da guo ba qia
Edible: Fruit, Rhizome, Root
Uhi, Ulehihi
Edible: Root starch ?
Carrion Flower
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root
Edible: Leaves
Honduran sarsaparilla
Edible: Roots - flavouring, Medicine
Jamaican sarsaparilla, Brown sarsaparilla
Edible: Root - flavouring
Giant sarsaparilla
Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Roots, Flowers
False China root, China brier
Edible: Leaves, Root
Japecanga acu
Edible: Fruit
Ma mi kit, Miu wei cai
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Common greenbrier
Edible: Leaves, Root
Merudang
Edible: Leaves
Hua dong ha qia, Smilax
Edible: Leaves
Khaao yen, Greenbrier
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Rhizome - flavouring
Bristly greenbrier, Hag briar
Edible: Root, Fruit, Leaves
San mai ba qia, Cat briar
Edible: Fruit
Indian smilax
Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Roots, Flowers, Seeds