Salacia oliveriana Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Salacia

Characteristics

A creeper or liane. It can be a bushy shrub. The fruit are almost cylinder shape and 10 cm long by 3.5 cm wide. They have a sweet edible pulp.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Environment

Forest edges or canopy near the coast, but very rare inland; forest gallery; semi-deciduous forest at elevations from near sea level to about 530 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in the edges of the forest near the coast. It grows from sea level to 530 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Salacia oliveriana world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Gabon, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162661-1
WFO ID wfo-0001227920
COL ID 6WZFB
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Synonyms

Salacia oliveriana