Sarsaparilla
Appearance
Sarsaparilla often refers to the sarsaparilla soft drink, made from Smilax plants.
Sarsaparilla may also refer to:
Biology
[edit]- Several species of plants, of the genus Smilax, including:
- Smilax ornata, also known as Honduran or Jamaican sarsaparilla
- Smilax aristolochiifolia, known as Mexican sarsaparilla
- Smilax aspera, a flowering vine found in southern Europe, Africa and south Asia
- Smilax glyciphylla, sweet sarsaparilla, native to Eastern Australia
- Smilax officinalis, native to Central and South America
- Other plant species known by the same name include:
- Alphitonia, known as sarsaparilla in Australia
- Hardenbergia violacea, known as sarsaparilla in Australia
- Aralia nudicaulis, known as wild sarsaparilla
- Hemidesmus indicus, or Indian sarsaparilla
See also
[edit]- Sassparilla (band), a roots-rock band based in Portland, Oregon
- Jade and Sarsaparilla, American musical act of the 1970s