In 2013, Hidden Garden created a special area for the Smilacaceae Family, which has been exported unsustainably from Central America for almost 500 years. This unique family includes the Cuculmecas (Smilax domingensis or panamensis) and Sarsaparillas (usually Smilax officionalis) which are used to clean the blood, detoxify organs, fight infections and balance the body. The Smilax Conservation Project has the following components:
- A botanical collection in the garden of as many Smilax varieties as are available in the area. This area has the correct canopy requirements, drainage and soil conditions for growth.
- Ethnobotanical research to determine the correct taxonomy and phytochemistry for each species collected, as well as the historical uses of the family as per geographic area and ethnicity.
- Developing networks, including academic, local and social media, leading to the organization of existing efforts and documentation
- Online and onsite libraries of relevant resources.
- Creating a nursery for the sale and donation of sustainably-harvested rhizome starters.
- Creating educational material for local traditional communities to correctly identify their most powerful plants, including the Smilax members, as well as instructions for accessing online research resources.
- Together with Rich Coast Project, archiving wellness traditions of the area and promoting legal and scientific literacy for ethnobotanical conservation.
Feel free to research more on this important plant family below or visit our Facebook Smilax Conservation Page to get in on the conversation. Enjoy!
SMILACACEAE ONILE RESEARCH LIBRARY
Check out these resources that we have collected during our research!
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| Alan Bolt | Plantas medicinales | http://www.cenaturaleza.org/doc/1328225810_Plantas%20Medicinales%20%C3%A1rea%20protegida%20Macizo%20de%20Pe%C3%B1as%20Blancas.pdf | Online PDF file | Medicinal Plants, Central America, Nicaragua, Research, Reference, Ethnobotanical, Methods | ||
| Aldo Orlando López Salguero | Caracteristicacion de una Planatacion de Zarzaparilla | http://biblioteca.usac.edu.gt/tesis/01/01_2135.pdf | Smilax, Herbs, Identification, Global, Reference | |||
| Andres Hernandez | Panama Silvestre: Detalles sobre la vida silvestre en Panama | http://panamasilvestre.blogspot.com/2011/11/smilax-spinosa-var-spinosa-smilaceae.html | Online Photos | Identification | ||
| Anne E. Winterbottom | Of the China Root: A Case Study of the Early Modern Circulation of Materia Medica | http://shm.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/1/22.short?rss=1 | Online Abstract | Abstract, Reference, Journal | ||
| Armando Cáceres, Sully M. Cruz, Vincente Martinex, Isabel Gaitan, Aylin Santizo, Susana Gattuso, Martha Gattuso | Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia: Ethnobotanical, pharmacognostical, pharmacological and phytochemical studies on Smilax domingensis in Guatemala | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0102-695X2011005000211&script=sci_arttext | Online Article | Reference, Methods, Results, Ethnobotanical, Pharmacology, Chemistry, Characteristics, Reference | ||
| Castro-Cortes, R | My Virtual Herbarium V 1.9.8 | http://reservaeleden.org/plantasloc/material/herbario/herbario.html | Online Herbarium | Plants, endangered species, Tropical Research Center, Veracruz University | ||
| Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Enseñanza, Proyecto Conservacion para el Desarrollo Sostenible en America Central | Informe final Proyecto Conservacion para el Desarrollo Sostenible en America Central Fase 1 (1989-1992) | https://books.google.com/books?id=lOUNAQAAIAAJ&dq=smilax+cuculmeca&source=gbs_navlinks_s | Online Book | Conservation, Sustainable, Central America | ||
| Cloverleaf Farm | Online Herbal Encyclopedia of Knowledge | http://www.cloverleaffarmherbs.com/sarsaparilla/ | Online Database | Reference, Herbal Encyclopedia, History, Actions, Componets, Medicinal Parts, Traditional Uses | ||
| Dra. Lilian Ferrufino, Zamorano Honduras | Plantas Para La Salud del Mundo | https://blogzamorano.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/zarzaparrilla-cuculmeca-plantas-siglo-xv-xvi/ | Online Blog | Identification, References | ||
| edited by herbalist of MDidea Extracts Professional. | Botanical Source and History of Sarsaparilla, Smilax root | http://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper08804.html | Online Article | Reference, Botanical Info, Description, Constituents, Ethnobotanical, Ethnomedical, Research | ||
| Felipe Herrera | Taller de Seguimento Tecnico | http://orton.catie.ac.cr/repdoc/A8767e/A8767e.pdf | Manejo Sostenible, Smilax | |||
| Gabriel Roberto Robles Valle, Kloeber Oliveira Barbosa, Róger Villalobos Soto | Assessment of non-wood forest products in Central America | http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/ae159s/ae159s12.htm | Online Research | Reference, Medicinal Plants, Central America, Nicaragua, Guatamala | ||
| Hipolito Ruiz | Tavels of Ruiz, Pavon, and Dombey in Peru and Chile (1777-1788) | https://archive.org/stream/travelsofruizpavfiruiz#page/n3/mode/2up | Online Book Scan | Travel Journal, Mention | ||
| Janet L. Allured | Women’s Healing Art: Domestic Medicine in the Turn-of-the-Century Ozarks | http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/articles/Ozarks.htm | \ | Women, folk medicine\" Jim Duke,Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases,http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/,Online Database,Reference |
Database | Ethnobotanical" |
| John Hancock, M.D. | The Properties and Preparation of the Rio Negro Sarsaparilla and of the Angustura Bark, Practically Examined by John Hancock, M.D. | https://archive.org/stream/b22274728#page/12/mode/2up | Online Book Scan | Reference, Properties, Preparation, History | ||
| Leslie Taylor | Raintree Tropical Plant Database | http://www.rain-tree.com/sarsaparilla.htm | Online Database | Identification, Reference, Database, Healing Properties and Actions, Folk Medicine, Clinical Research, Practical Uses, Ethnomedical Uses. | ||
| Lilian Ferrufino-Acosta | Willdenowia—Taxonomy of Plants of the Americas: Taxonomic revision of the genus Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Central America and the Caribbean Islands. | http://www.jstor.org/stable/27896656?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents | Online Article | Identification, Taxonomic, Smilax, Central America, Caribbean | ||
| Ling-Nieto, F.; Robles-Valle, G,; Villalobos-Soto, Roger | Sarsaparilla and ecological studies cuculmeca in Talamanca, Costa Rica | http://www.ots.ac.cr/bnbt/19161.html | Online Abstract of Book ISBN 9977-57-314-X | Reference, Central America, Summary, Costa Rica | ||
| Manuel Galeote | Nombres indígenas de plantas americanas en los tratados científicos de Fray Agustín Farfán | http://www.revistas.uchile.cl/files/journals/83/articles/21493/submission/copyedit/21493-67509-1-CE.pdf | Online PDF file | Reference, Ethnobotanical Names, Actions, Qualities, Ortiga | ||
| Martha Velazquez | Medicina Precolombina (Cap.7) | https://prezi.com/u3rzeoydepu9/medicina-precolombina-cap7/ | Online Presentation | Presentation | ||
| Merriwether | Foraging Texas: Greenbriar | http://www.foragingtexas.com/2008/08/greenbriar.html?m=1 | Online Article | Identification, photos, distribution, North America | ||
| Monica Chavez Guzman | Medicos y Medicinas en el Mundo Penisular Maya Colonial y Decimononico | http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/peni/v6n2/v6n2a4.pdf | Indigenous massage, sobando | |||
| Patrick Browne | The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica | http://books.google.co.cr/books?id=vcRhFZ9p96UC&pg=PA359&lpg=PA359&dq=smilax+tuberosa&source=bl&ots=9_s47mX8DR&sig=Pi9T3_7yGfRI6l_vWzI3dDWC7GQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XeFOU6v5LPCu0AGTyoHoBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=smilax%20tuberosa&f=false | Online Book Scan | Description, Jamaica | ||
| Pedro de Cieza de Leon | La Cronica del Peru | https://ia801406.us.archive.org/3/items/lacrnicadelper00ciez/lacrnicadelper00ciez.pdf | Online Book | Historical, Colonization | ||
| Philip Miller | The Gardeners Dictionary, 8th edition | http://www.tropicos.org/Name/18401802 | Online Article | Identification, Reference, Distribution, Specimens, Images | ||
| Rémi Siméon | Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana | https://books.google.com/books?id=92WU5bamcTQC&vq=cocol&source=gbs_navlinks_s | ||||
| Rossana Lok | Huertos Caseros Tradicionales de America Central | https://books.google.com.pa/books?id=lPaxgG_WCSIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false | Online Book Preview | Central America, | ||
| The Field Museum | Neotropical Live Plant Photos | http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/results.asp?genus=Smilax | Online Photos | Identification, photos, distribution | ||
| U.S. Forest Service | U.S. Forest Service: International Programs | http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Smilax%20domingensis.pdf | Website | International Programs | ||
| William H. Helfand | Advertising Health to the People | http://www.librarycompany.org/doctor/helfand.html | Health Justice, Community | |||
| The Meaning of Latin Plant Names | http://theseedsite.co.uk/latin.html | Herbs, Identification, Global, Reference | ||||
| Encyclopaedia Britannica | http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/524508/sarsaparilla | Online Encyclopedia | Description, Distrubution | |||
| http://lucina.inbio.ac.cr/portalDarwin/species/browse/taxon/59779/ | page not loading | |||||
| Libro de la Miseria | https://archive.org/stream/librodelamiseria02juan#page/n259/mode/2up/search/mecatl | Online Book Scan | 1604 | |||
| Encyclopedia of Life | http://eol.org/pages/1082520/media | Online ID | Indentification, Photos, Reference Smilax | |||
| http://hiddengarden.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/LaCienciaMedicaDeLosAztecas-Text.pdf | Searchable Text | |||||
| http://hiddengarden.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/LaCienciaMedicaDeLosAztecas-LuisAngelRodriguez.pdf | ||||||
| Kavasch | American Indian Healing Arts | |||||
| Wood, Matthew | The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to the New World Medicinal Plants | |||||
| Guzman Peredo, Miguel | Medical Practices in Ancient America | https://books.google.co.cr/books/about/Medical_Practices_in_Ancient_America.html?id=jLENAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y | Online Book | TLM |
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