Salacia madagascariensis (Lam.) DC.

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Rio Muacamula, Macomia District, Cabo Delgado.

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Synonyms:	Hippocratea madagascariensis Lam. Hippocratea senegalensis Lam. var. madagascariensis (Lam.) Poir. Hippocratea verticillata Steud. var. madagascariensis (Lam.) Pers. Salacia simtata Loes. Tonsella madagascariensis (Lam.) Vahl
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or liane climbing to 6 m high or more, hairless, latex present; younger branches 4-angled, smooth and green; older stems purplish or grey, verruculose with numerous lenticels. Leaves (sub)opposite but alternate on climbing shoots, oblong or elliptic, 4-10.5 cm long, glossy on both surfaces but paler beneath; margin finely toothed to subentire; petiole 5-9 mm long. Flowers in 2-12-flowered axillary clusters, greenish-yellow to deep yellow. Disk cylindric to deeply conic, sometimes fluted, 5-lobed at the lower margin. Stamens 3. Fruit globose, 1-8-3 cm in diameter, orange to pinkish.
Notes:	The specimen in the images appears to be the first record from the Niassa Division.
Derivation of specific name:	madagascariensis; of Madagascar.
Habitat:	Coastal evergreen forest, deciduous woodland and scrub.
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Worldwide distribution:	Coastal areas of southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,GI
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Content last updated:	Monday 22 August 2016
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 514. (Includes a picture). Robson, N.K.B. (1966). Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 400.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Salacia madagascariensis
African Plant Database: Salacia madagascariensis
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