✿Hippocrateaceae · Salacia
Saptarangi / Chinese Salacia
Salacia chinensis
Climbing shrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- February-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salacia chinensis
- Genus
- Salacia
- Family
- Hippocrateaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Stream banks of miost deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- सप्तरंगी Saptarangi
- Bengali
- ডিমল Dimal, মধুফল Modhuphal
- Tamil
- சுண்டன் Cuntan, கருக்குவை Karukkuvai
- Telugu
- నేరాణి Neraani
- Kannada
- ಏಕನಾಯಕ Ekanaayaka
- Malayalam
- ചെറുകൊരണ്ടി Cherukoranti, ഏകനായകം Ekanaayakam
- Marathi
- इंगळी Ingali, निसूल बोंडी Nisul Bondi, सप्तरंगी Saptarangi
About Saptarangi
Chinese Salacia (Salacia chinensis) is a climbing shrub belonging to the Hippocrateaceae family (Salacia Family). It is typically found in stream banks of miost deciduous forests and sacred groves. It occurs across Indo-Malesia. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during February-October. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Botanical family
Hippocrateaceae
Salacia Family
Saptarangi belongs to the Hippocrateaceae family.
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