Do You Know? Sarsaparilla, Strong Plant with Many Benefits

This plant is very strong and can grow in any weather. The fruit is processed into a fresh drink. That’s sarsaparilla.

Sarsaparilla (Smilax ornata) is a thorny vine.
The shape of the leaves of this plant is like a heart
The fruit is round, reddish when unripe, and dark blue when ripe.
The sarsaparilla plant is very hardy. In fact, the roots of the rhizome can grow back even though it has been cut down or burned.
Sarsaparilla can grow thick like a bush or creep on trees up to 10 meters high. When vines, the length of this plant can reach 45 meters.
Sarsaparilla lives throughout the season and continues to bear fruit in winter. This fruit is used by birds and other animals as winter food.
This plant grows in warm and tropical climates.
The plant is native to Mexico and Central America, but some types of sarsaparilla are also found growing in Australia and Southeast Asia.
Almost all parts of the sarsaparilla plant are edible. In addition to fruit, the roots of this plant are also often used as food ingredients and tea mixtures.
In the country of origin, since the first sarsaparilla root has been used as a remedy for skin diseases.
Sarsaparilla root is also used as one of the basic ingredients for making root beer, an American carbonated drink.