Salacia juruana Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Salacia

Characteristics

Tree or liana to 1  high. Petiole 10-20 mm long, 2-4 mm thick; blades coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 12-29 x (5-)7-15 cm, margins entire, apex obtusely cuspidate, obtuse or rounded, base rounded or obtuse; primary vein prominent on both surfaces, secondary veins 7-10 per side, ascending arcuately or almost straight, prominulous or flattened above, prominent beneath, tertiary veins horizontal, faintly impressed or inconspicuous. Inflorescences fasciculate, few-flowered, axillary or arising from defoliate branchlets; pedicels slender, 8-15 mm long. Flowers 13-14 mm diam.; sepals somewhat unequal, deltoid, obtuse or rounded, 2 x 3 mm, entire, sometimes ciliolate; petals greenish yellow or yellowish, brown at base, slightly fleshy or membranous, 4-7 x 3-5 mm, lineolate; disk 1 mm high, abruptly flattened at base, 3.5-4.5 mm diam., covering the petal bases; stamens suberect or spreading, filaments 1.5-2.2 mm long, anthers ca. 0.6 x 0.8 mm, dehiscing by oblique, apically confluent clefts; ovary almost immersed, ovules 6-8 per locule, in superposed pairs, style 0.4-0.7 mm long. Fruiting pedicels to 3 cm long, 0.8 cm thick. Fruits globose, 6 x 6 cm, strongly tuberculate when dried, turning from bluish-green to yellow.
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A small tree or vine. The fruit are yellow. They are 4-5 cm across. The fruit have a bumpy skin. The pulp is grey and lets light through. There are several light brown seeds.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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It is a tropical plant. It grows below 1,600 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Salacia juruana world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Salacia juruana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:225458-2
WFO ID wfo-0000436665
COL ID 6WZV7
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INPN ID 733432
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Synonyms

Salacia juruana