About Oblong Leaf Salacia
Salacia oblonga, known as oblong leaf salacia in English, ekanayaka in Kannada, ponkorandi in Malayalam, ponkoranti in Tamil, and ekanayake in Tulu, is a climbing shrub that tends to strangle other plants. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Salacia oblonga
- Genus
- Salacia
- Family
- HIPPOCRATEACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- பொங்கொரந்தி Ponkoranti
- Telugu
- అంకుడు చెట్టు Ankudu Chettu, ఎర్ర దొండ Erra Donda
- Kannada
- ಏಕನಾಯಕ Ekanaayaka
- Malayalam
- പൊൻകൊരണ്ടി Ponkorandi
- Marathi
- धवसी Dhavasi
Botanical family
Hippocrateaceae
Salacia Family
Oblong Leaf Salacia belongs to the Hippocrateaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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