Salacia macrosperma
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- January-September
How to identify Salacia macrosperma
Identify Salacia macrosperma by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Large seeds.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Hippocrateaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Salacia macrosperma.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salacia macrosperma
- Genus
- Salacia
- Family
- Hippocrateaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-September
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
About Salacia macrosperma
A member of the Hippocrateaceae family, Salacia macrosperma is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. It grows in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to September.
Hippocrateaceae
Salacia Family
Salacia macrosperma belongs to the Hippocrateaceae family.
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