4662.000 Salacia L.

Robson, N.K.B. (1966) Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2)

Robson, N.K.B. et al. (1994) Celastraceae Flora of Tropical East Africa

Description of the genus

Lianes, shrubs or small trees, rarely shrublets, with or without latex threads and without spines. Stipules small or 0. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate; lamina toothed or entire. Inflorescence 1-many-flowered, pedunculate or sessile, cymose, dichasial or umbel-like, without accessory branches. Sepals (4-)5(-6), the inner sometimes petaloid. Petals (4-)5(-6). Disk always developed, extrastaminal. Stamens (2-)3. Ovary superior; locules (2-)3, each with 2-8 axile ovules in 1-2 rows per loculus. Fruit a fleshy indehiscent berry, spherical or elongated, with a leathery exocarp, soft and fleshy mesocarp and mucilaginous endocarp.

Worldwide: c. 200 species occurring thoughout the tropics and substropics.

Mozambique: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
elegans Welw. ex Oliv.	N,Z,MS,GI	Image
kraussii (Harv.) Harv.	GI,M	Description, Image
leptoclada Tul.	N,MS,GI	Description, Image
madagascariensis (Lam.) DC.	N,Z,GI	Description, Image
orientalis N. Robson[NrEnd]	N
stuhlmanniana Loes.	N,Z,MS

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Flora of Botswana: Salacia
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Flora of Malawi: Salacia
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Salacia
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