Salacia oblonga

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IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU)

Salacia oblonga Wall., Numer. List 4226 1831. (Syn: Comocladia serrata Blanco);
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¿ say-luh-SEE-ah ? — genus perhaps named for Salacia, Neptune’s wife, goddess of sea in Roman mythology … Wikipedia
ob-LON-guh — oblong; oblong-leaved … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: oblong leaf salacia • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: धवसी dhavasi • Malayalam: പൊൻകൊരണ്ടി ponkorandi • Marathi: धवसी dhavasi • Sanskrit: पीतिका pitika • Tamil: பொங்கொரந்தி ponkoranti • Telugu: అంకుడు చెట్టు ankudu chettu, ఎర్ర దొండ erra donda • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/07/salacia-oblonga-wall-ex-wight-arn.html
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Salacia oblonga is strangling shrub native to India and Sri Lanka.[1]
In traditional medicines it is used for the treatment of diabetes.[2] Studies also show proof of its effectiveness in diabetes treatment.[3] The effectiveness of its extract works like modern prescription drugs against diabetes.[4]
(From Wikipedia on 19.1.14)

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Stout climbers, branchlets densely lenticellate, lenticels elongate. Leaves to 21 x 8 cm, oblong, acute or obtuse at apex, acute at base, green when dry; nerves 8-10 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Peduncle short, stout, many-flowered. Flowers many, greenish yellow; sepals 1.5 mm across, orbicular; petals 2.5 mm long, ovate. Berry ca. 4 cm across, orange-red, smooth.
Flowering and fruiting: March-May
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
India and Sri Lanka
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Salacia oblonga Wall. … also placed in Hippocrateaceae
along Anmod Ghat on 23 APR 11

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This plant was spotted at Anmode Ghat. Climbing Shrub.
Branches were seen to be drooping. Flowers small in size.
Bot. name: Salacia oblonga ?
Family: Celastraceae

I think it is the same Salacia oblonga as posted …

Salacia oblonga, one of the species commonly known as Ponkorandi in Malayalam

Yes sir, It is matching with the Salacia oblonga, cupular flowers, leaf shape etc.

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Names of Plants in India :: Salacia oblonga Wall. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.
via Species‎ > ‎S‎ > Salacia oblonga Wall. … family: Celastraceae
Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
¿ say-luh-SEE-ah ? — genus perhaps named for Salacia, Neptune’s wife, goddess of sea in Roman mythology … Wikipedia
ob-LON-guh — oblong; oblong-leaved … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: oblong-leaved salacia • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanayaka • Malayalam: പൊൻകൊരണ്ടി ponkorandi • Tamil: பொங்கொரந்தி ponkoranti • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake
botanical names: Salacia oblonga Wall. … synonyms: Comocladia serrata Blanco … status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1.
April 23, 2011 … along Anmod Ghat
¿ sal-AH-si-ah ? — genus perhaps named for Salacia, Neptune’s wife, goddess of sea in Roman mythology … Wikipedia
ob-LON-guh — oblong; oblong-leaved … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: oblong leaf salacia • Kannada: ಏಕನಾಯಕ ekanaayaka • Konkani: धवसी dhavasi • Malayalam: പൊൻകൊരണ്ടി ponkorandi • Marathi: धवसी dhavasi • Sanskrit: पीतिका pitika • Tamil: பொங்கொரந்தி ponkoranti • Telugu: అంకుడు చెట్టు ankudu chettu, ఎర్ర దొండ erra donda • Tulu: ಏಕನಾಯಕೆ ekanayake

botanical names: Salacia oblonga Wall. ex Wight & Arn. … accepted infraspecifics: Salacia oblonga var. oblonga … heterotypic synonyms: Comocladia serrata Blanco • Salacia oppositifolia Rottler ex Wight & Arn. • Salacia pomifera Wight & Arn. … POWO, retrieved 27 July 2024

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
oblong leaf salacia
~~~~~ 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
धवसी dhavasi
  • name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
പൊൻകൊരണ്ടി ponkorandi
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
धवसी dhavasi
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars
पीतिका pitika
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பொங்கொரந்தி ponkoranti
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
అంకుడు చెట్టు ankudu chettu, ఎర్ర దొండ erra donda
~~~~~ 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, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
~~~~~ Last updated: 19:25 27-07-2024 ~~~~~