Salacia chinensis
Salacia chinensis is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae.[1] A climbing shrub, it is also known as Chinese salacia, lolly berry,[2] and saptachakra in Ayurveda.[3] The plant is found widespread in South-East Asia and Australoceania.
Salacia chinensis | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Salacia |
Species: | S. chinensis |
Binomial name | |
Salacia chinensis | |
Synonyms | |
Click to expand
|
Description
Leaves are elliptic, narrowly ovate-round or obovate-elliptic 4.2-10.5 cm long and 2.2-4.0 cm wide, and glabrous; the petioles are 5–8 mm long. The fruit has one seed in it, the seed is only 8 mm long. Flowers have five petals and they are yellow or yellowish-green.
gollark: I improved ++magic py.
gollark: Exciting news: AutoBotRobot is increasingly inevitable.
gollark: At least, LyricLy, when I abandon a project I admit that it is consigned to be dead forever instead of insisting I'll do it later.
gollark: And "make every other lyricproject™ ever".
gollark: Also "make mindbreak" I guess?
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salacia chinensis. |
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Institution Press. 2003. pp. 192–.
- Jules Janick; Robert E. Paull (2008). The Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts. CABI. pp. 417–. ISBN 978-0-85199-638-7.
- C.P. Khare (2004). Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic, and Other Traditional Usage, Botany. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 410–. ISBN 978-3-540-01026-5.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.