✿Hippocrateaceae · Salacia
Malabar Salacia
Salacia malabarica
Climbing shrub
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-April
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.
Botanical family
Hippocrateaceae
Salacia Family
Malabar Salacia belongs to the Hippocrateaceae family.
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