Salacia chinensis L., Mant. Pl. 2: 293 293 1771. (Syn: Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC.; Tontelea prinoides Willd.);
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¿ sal-AH-si-ah ? — genus perhaps named for Salacia, Neptune’s wife, goddess of sea in Roman mythology … Wikipedia
chi-NEN-sis — of or from China … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree, lolly berry • Assamese: মধুফল modhuphol • Bengali: ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal • Gujarati: સપ્તરંગી saptarangi • Hindi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam • Marathi: इंगळी ingali, निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi, सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Odia: ବାତ୍ରା batra, ସପ୍ତରଙ୍ଗୀ saptarangi • Sanskrit: एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: నేరాణి neraani • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/salacia-chinensis-l.html
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Salacia chinensis L. also placed in Hippocrateaceae
near Gorai creek on 15 DEC 13

Yeah. Wonderful. Please check the current name please.


Thank you very much … The name seems correct; I am not able to find any site that puts it as synonym.



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Please identify this climber – NS 161012 -1: Attachments (4 + 6). 12 posts by 5 authors.
Photographed on my property at Shahapur. Please identify this climber. It was collected from Radhanagari / near Kholapur.
It is not Cassine glauca.


It may be Salacia chinensis…..not sure, though.


I agree, some species of Salacia


Yes it is a species of Salacia.


The leaves seem to be Salacia chinensis


Thanks … Affirmative. It is Saptarangi [Salacia chinensis]. Sending a few photographs


It is vegetative Salacia chinensis plant. It will grow both as a climber and shrub



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Names of Plants in India :: Salacia chinensis L. : 5 posts by 3 authors. 1 image.
via Species‎ > ‎S‎ > ‎ Salacia chinensis L. … family: Celastraceae

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¿ say-luh-SEE-ah ? — genus named for ¿ Salacia, Neptune’s wife, goddess of sea ?
chi-NEN-sis — of or from China ..
. Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle treeMalayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukorantiMarathi: सप्तरंगी saptarangiSanskrit: सप्तचक्र saptachakraTamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvaiTelugu: nerani
botanical names: Salacia chinensis L. … synonyms: Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. • Tontelea prinoides Willd. … The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1.
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Photographed near Gorai creek on 15 DEC 13


Well, to add to your vernacular name list, this plant is  Eka naayaka/ एक नायक/ ಏಕ ನಾಯಕ   in Kannada.


Oh thank you very much …, for this name in Kannada (thanks too for providing it in native script). Will soon update my notes.
The name is intriguing – as if there is some story why it earned such name !


REVISED (names added) …
commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle treeKannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanayakaMalayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanayakamMarathi: सप्तरंगी saptarangiSanskrit: सप्तचक्र saptachakra, एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitikaTamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvaiTelugu: నేరాణి neraniTulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake


Another name added …
Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi


¿ sal-AH-si-ah ? — genus perhaps named for Salacia, Neptune’s wife, goddess of sea in Roman mythology … Wikipedia

chi-NEN-sis — of or from China … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree, lolly berry • Assamese: মধুফল modhuphol • Bengali: ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal • Gujarati: સપ્તરંગી saptarangi • Hindi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam • Marathi: इंगळी ingali, निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi, सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Odia: batra • Sanskrit: एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: నేరాణి neraani • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake

botanical namesSalacia chinensis L. … homotypic synonymsTonsella chinensis (L.) Spreng. … heterotypic synonymsSalacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. … many more at POWO, retrieved 26 July 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Chinese salacia, lolly berry
holly-leaved berried spindle tree
  • for Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. … Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
মধুফল modhuphol
  • for Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. … Baree – The Home Garden of Assam
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: GujaratDadra & Nagar HaveliDaman & Diu
સપ્તરંગી saptarangi
  • trade name given, for want of name; this species is listed as distributed in the union territory of Daman and Diu … Botanical Survey of India
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: DelhiUttar PradeshBiharChhattisgarhHaryanaJharkhandMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
सप्तरंगी saptarangi
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti
ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
इंगळी ingali
निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi
सप्तरंगी saptarangi
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବତ୍ର batra
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars
एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai
  • for holly-leaved berried spindle tree, Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. … Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra PradeshTelangana, Puducherry
నేరాణి neraani
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, *Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, *Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Last updated: 11:36 27-07-2024 ~~~~~

Both Malayalam and English names are correct

Odia names added …
commonly known as: Chinese salacia, holly-leaved berried spindle tree, lolly berry • Assamese: মধুফল modhuphol • Bengali: ডিমল dimal, মধুফল modhuphal • Gujarati: સપ્તરંગી saptarangi • Hindi: सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: निसळ बोंडी nisal bondi • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം ekanaayakam • Marathi: इंगळी ingali, निसूल बोंडी nisul bondi, सप्तरंगी saptarangi • Odia: ବାତ୍ରା batra, ସପ୍ତରଙ୍ଗୀ saptarangi • Sanskrit: एकनायक ekanayaka, पीतिका pitika, सप्तचक्र saptachakra • Tamil: சுண்டன் cuntan, கருக்குவை karukkuvai • Telugu: నేరాణి neraani • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake


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Salacia sp : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Salacia sp. Moodbadri. Endangered plant

Salacia species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) 


i think Salacia oblonga ?


Fruit epicarp is smooth with reddish colour seems to be Salacia chinensis only. I hope it contains 1 seed.


Salacia chinensis L. old name Salacia prinoides DC. distributed in Indo-Malesia region. Common in Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves.


Yes it has one seed. Thanks for ID


I think it’s S. chinensis. The flowers are the easy tool to distinguish this species



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SS_1_June_2018_Request_for_ID_Validation:Salacia chinensis L. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (14)

Could you please validate that, the below photos of two separate climbing shrubs are of the same species:  ‘Salacia chinensis L.’  from Celastraceae family.
The photos are taken from two different shrubs near to each other (I have tagged the photos as ‘ClimbingShrub1’ and ‘ClimbingShrub2’)
Shrub 1 was flowering very sparsely, only 3 flowers seen. No fruits.
Shrub 2 had just one fruit and no flowers.
Location: Charkop- sector 8, Kandivali West, Mumbai
Date: 29th-May-2018

Habitat: small forest patch, next to a pond
Details of the shrub: Both were Climbing shrubs, Both had opposite leaves but the leaves had a lot of variation in shape as can be seen in photos.
Leaf apex varied from shortly-acuminate to subobtuse.   


You are right. All the pictures are of Salacia chinensis L. [Celastraceae].