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Salacia chinensis

Botanic Family

Celastraceae ( Hippocrateaceae)

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Madhu Phal (India)
• Wu ceng long (Pinyin)
• Ta Kay (Laos)
• Ta Kouang (Laos)
• Bu (Myanmar)
• Bwe-thein (Myanmar)
• Dom veoi (Vietnam)
• Odi (Papua)
• Konbu (Myanmar)
• Mayan-gyaung (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Northern Territory
• N. Queensland
• Western Australia - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Caroline Islands
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan - China
• Fiji
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore
• Pahang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal districts
• often among mangroves
• riverbanks
• hedges
• forest remnants
• forest
• montane forest
• jungle
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Dec(China)
• Dec-Feb (India)
• Dec-Jan (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Feb (China)
• Feb (Vietnam)

Vigorous glabrous woody liana, scrambling or erect shrub or small tree with coriaceous leaves serrated at apex to 170mm x 95mm. Axillary fascicles with triangular bracts, greenish-yellow flowers with dark brown centre and fringed petals, 5 sepals 0.5mm x 1mm, 5 petals 4mm x 4mm, orange-red berry 20mm x 13mm

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• Mobot
• FOC
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• FS
• USNH
• JFM
• F Indochine
• FOTA
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS