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In Flora of India Vol-5. (Eds.-N.P.Singh, J.N.Vohra, P.K.Hajra and D.K. Singh; published by Botanical Survey of India) the account of Indian Hippocrateaceae (included in Celastraceae in eFI) is written by K. Ramamurthy and B.D.Naithani.
As per this document Ramamurthy & Naithani (2000) following species of Salacia occur in India:
  1. Salacia beddomei Gamble
  2. S. brunoniana Wight & Arn.
  3. S. chinensis L.
  4. S. floribunda Wight
  5. S. fruticosa Heyne ex M. Lawson [line diagram given]
  6. S. gambleana Whiting & Kaul
  7. S. grandiflora Kurz
  8. S. jenkinsii Kurz
  9. S. khasiana Purkayastha
  10. S. korthalsiana Miq.
  11. S. macrophylla Blume [synonym of S. miqueliana Loes.]
  12. S. macrosperma Wight
  13. S. majumdarii (T.Chakrb. & Gang.) B.D.Naithani [line diagram given]
  14. S. malabarica Gamble
  15. S. membranacea M. Lawson
  16. S. nocobarica (King) Raju
  17. S. oblonga Wallich ex Wight & Arn.
  18. S. platyphylla Kurz
  19. S. reticulata Wight
  20. S. salacioides (Roxb.) Rolla Rao & Hemadri
  21. S. verrucosa Wight
Scrutiny of these names in The Plant List 2013 indicate one as a synonym.  

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Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib.
Salacia
beddomei
Gamble 
Shrub Western Ghats,
Dry Deciduous Forests
Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Coimbatore  
Salacia chinensis L. Shrub Plains
to Low Altitude
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983
Dharmapuri,
Kanchee puram, Salem, Thiruvallur,
Tiruchchira ppalli, Tiruvanna malai, Viluppuram
Salacia fruticosa Heyne ex Lawson  Shrub Western
Ghats , Evergreen Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Coimbatore,
Dindigul, Kanniya kumari
 
Salacia macrosperma Wight Shrub Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Nilgiri  
Salacia oblonga Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Shrub Evergreen
Forests
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Coimbatore,
Nilgiri, Tirunelveli

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Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name
Salacia chinensis Salacia prinoides, Tontelea prinoides Celastraceae Chinese Salacia
Salacia oblonga Comocladia serrata Celastraceae Oblong Leaf Salacia

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Salacia beddomei Gamble- R- Tamilnadu
Salacia jenkinsii Kurz- E- Assam
Salacia macrosperma Wight- I- Karnataka & Tamilnadu
Salacia malabarica Gamble- E/Ex- Kerala & Karnataka

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Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)- Brief details-

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Biodiversity in India, Volume 4 edited by T. Pullaiah (2006)- Details-

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Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. (syn. of Salacia chinensis L.)
Salacia reticulata WIGHT

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Salacia : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Salacia

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other databases/ books.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

Any comments are welcome.


I have added the list of Indian species of Salacia as per Flora of India vol-5.


Thanks a lot, …, Most of the species at other links match except for the following: 
Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)- Brief details-
As per JSTOR, Salacia roxburghii Wall. is an accepted name with S. salacioides (Roxb.) Rolla Rao & Hemadri as a syn. (may or may not be correct but it is linked now). 
S. macrophylla Blume, synonym S. flavescens Kurz and S. ovalis M. Laws. (Konkan and the Andamans)
As per Genetic Resources of Tropical CropsSalacia macrophylla Blume (syn. Salacia flavescens) also sorts out the mystery of Salacia flavescens Kurz

 

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