Salacia chinensis ?

SK 3736 11 June 2023: 3 high res. images. Location: Palpa Deurali, Palpa, Nepal  Date: 30 May 2023 Elevation: 838 m. Habit : Wild Celastraceae ? Pl. try Salacia: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/27/salacia/ Just a guess. The Salacia genus has no distribution in Nepal. How, it looks like Salacia chinensis L.. Please have a look at http://www.flowersofindia.Chinese%20Salacia.html Please compare the angular  branchlets!

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Salacia gambleana

Salacia gambleana Whiting & Kaul (Syn: Salacia talbotii Gamble); . ANJUL06 Liana for identification : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7) Family: Celastraceae (?) Date: 24th July 2016 Place: Sagara, Shimoga District, Karnataka Habit: Liana Habitat: Semi-evergreen forest Can this be a Salacia sp. possibly Salacia macrosperma Wight? I think seems to match with images […]

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Salacia fruticosa

Salacia fruticosa Wall., Numer. List 4223 1831. ; . SW. India as per POWO; . Malayalam Ponkarandi, Eakanayakam Others Korandi . Woody climbing shrubs; branchlets looped; young shoots puberulous. Leaves 3.8 – 7 x 2-4 cm, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, base rounded or cuneate, apex obtusely acuminate, coriaceous; petiole c. 5 mm long. Cymes axillary; pedicels […]

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Salacia malabarica

Salacia malabarica Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 133 1916. ; . Scandent shrubs; branchlets faintly muricate. Leaves opposite, 9-13 x 4.5-7 cm, elliptic-oblong, base cuneate or rounded, apex acuminate, coriaceous. Flowers in axillary fascicles; pedicel 2-3 cm long. Petals greenish yellow, elliptic. Berry hard, globose, c. 5 cm diam. Flowering and fruiting: February-April Evergreen […]

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Salacia oblonga

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU) Salacia oblonga Wall., Numer. List 4226 1831. (Syn: Comocladia serrata Blanco);  ¿ 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 […]

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Salacia chinensis

Salacia chinensis L., Mant. Pl. 2: 293 293 1771. (Syn: Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC.; Tontelea prinoides Willd.); ¿ say-luh-SEE-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 • […]

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Salacia brunoniana

Salacia brunoniana Wight & Arn. (Unresolved), Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 105 1834.; .   Salacia: please find attachment of plant with details as follows habitat-wild habit-woody climber or climbing shrub location-Amboli evergreen forest fruit- orange-wrinkled, seed-flat no of seeds- 4to 5(in sampling) local marathi name- Dhavashi date of collection-07/08/2011 time-3 pm please help in id […]

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Salacia agasthiamalana

Salacia agasthiamalana Udayan, Regy Yohannan & Pradeep, Edinburgh J. Bot. 69(2): 255. 2012 [18 Jun 2012]     Scandent bushy shrubs; branchlets lenticellate, blackish. Leaves 5-6.5 3 x 2- 3.5 cm, elliptic, acute, acuminate or rounded-retuse at apex, acute or cuneate at base, coriaceous, margin serrate in young leaves become crenate in mature leaves, venation […]

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Salacia beddomei

Salacia beddomei Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 133 1916. ;   Malayalam Korantivalli Scandent shrubs, branchlets lenticellate. Leaves 10-20 x 7-9 cm, oblong, obtuse at base and apex, faintly crenate; nerves 11-13 pairs, distinct below. Flowers pinkish yellow, 3-9 together; pedicels 1 cm long, slender; sepals 1.5 mm long, triangular; petals 2.5 x 1.5 […]

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