Plant's Details

Scientific Name
Salacia chinensis L.
Category
Angiosperms
Created on Date
2024-09-23 20:21:09
Common Name
Saptarangi, Nisul Bondi, सप्तरंगी
Synonym(s)
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Family
Celastraceae
Status
Live
Description

Straggling or climbing shrub; Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, margins crenate-serrate, leaf glabrous, shiny on upper surface and dull green on lower surface. Flowers yellow; pedicel slender, small. Petals 5 pale green, membranous on margins. Anthers orange coloured, 3 in number. Fruit globular, with persistent ovary base orange coloured when ripe.

Flowering and Fruiting: January–June