| Salacia cornifolia Hook. f. |
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| Family : CELASTRACEAE |
Protologue : Niger Fl. 281 (1849)  |
| Information on the genus : Salacia |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Liane 3 - >20 m tall, glabrous; internodes cylindrical or angular, smooth, olive green when dry. Fruit pulp sweet, edible. |
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| Ecology : |
Evergreen forests, sublittoral forest edges on sand; sometimes in rain-forest but rare and scattered. |
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0-750 m alt. Leaf petioles often galled; galls rounded, 1-5 mm ?. |
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Not in Tanzania (= S. orientalis). |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°78382 |
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