Smilaceae: The Smilacaceae family includes monocotyledonous plants; it includes 370 species divided into 2 or 3 genera.
They are herbaceous plants or lianas, perennial, rhizomatous or tuberous, from temperate to tropical regions. It is a widespread family. This family is represented in France, rather in the South, by the sarsaparilla or thorny bindweed (Smilax aspera).
The notoriety of the name Sarsaparilla owes a lot to the cartoon characters "...
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