✿Hippocrateaceae · Salacia
Ekanayakam / Woody Salacia
Salacia fruticosa
Climbing shrub
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salacia fruticosa
- Genus
- Salacia
- Family
- Hippocrateaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the sacred groves and plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Korandi
- Malayalam
- Ekanayakam, Korandi, Ponkarandi
About Ekanayakam
Woody Salacia (Salacia fruticosa) is a climbing shrub belonging to the Hippocrateaceae family (Salacia Family). It is typically found in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in the sacred groves and plains. It is native to India. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during February-May.
Botanical family
Hippocrateaceae
Salacia Family
Ekanayakam belongs to the Hippocrateaceae family.
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