Malabar Salacia
Salacia malabarica
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-April
How to identify Malabar Salacia
Identify Malabar Salacia 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.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Hippocrateaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Malabar Salacia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salacia malabarica
- Genus
- Salacia
- Family
- Hippocrateaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-April
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
About Malabar Salacia
Malabar Salacia (Salacia malabarica) belongs to the Hippocrateaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to April.
Hippocrateaceae
Salacia Family
Malabar Salacia belongs to the Hippocrateaceae family.
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