Celastraceae FAMILY
Salacia macrophylla
Salacia macrophylla
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Salacia macrophylla is a shrub, sometimes with a scrambling habit, but more often a true climber, twining into the surrounding vegetation[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of twine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - western India, Andaman Isles, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, to New Britain.
HabitatLowland forests near the coast, occasionally on limestone rock and in freshwater swamps, sometimes ascending to 1,200 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].