Salacia senegalensis Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Salacia

Characteristics

A vine or low shrub. The leaves are 8 cm long by 4 cm wide. The flowers are small and green-yellow. They occur in groups at the nodes. The fruit can be 4-5 cm across. They are orange-red when ripe. There are lumps on the outer skin. There is a small amount of sweet, orange flesh.
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Petals white or pale greenish cream
A shrub, erect or climbing
Fruits orange or yellow
Leaves variable
Anthers orange
Disk green
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the forest, savannah and palm groves.
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In forest and forest regrowth.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Images

Leaf

Salacia senegalensis leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Salacia senegalensis fruit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Salacia senegalensis world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162709-1
WFO ID wfo-0000435833
COL ID 78ZHC
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Synonyms

Tonsella senegalensis Tontelea senegalensis Salacia johannis-albrechtii Salacia senegalensis Calypso senegalensis Hippocratea verticillata Salacia johannis-albrechti Hippocratea senegalensis