Salacia (plant)

Salacia
Salacia prinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Salacia

Salacia is a genus of plants in the family, Celastraceae. They are woody climbers naturally found in tropical regions.

Several species in this genus have been used in traditional medicine, such as the Ayurvedic system from India.

The chemical constituents of root bark include polyphenols such as salacinol, kotalanol, and mangiferin.

Species

As of November 2014, The Plant List accepts the following species:[1]

  • Salacia alata De Wild.
  • Salacia alwynii Mennega
  • Salacia amazonica Loes.
  • Salacia amplectens A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia amplifolia Merr. ex Chun & F.C.How
  • Salacia amygdalina Peyr.
  • Salacia annettae N. Hallé
  • Salacia arborea (Leandro) Peyr.
  • Salacia aurantiaca C.Y.Wu
  • Salacia bangalensis Vermoesen ex R.Wilczek
  • Salacia baumannii Wilczek
  • Salacia baumii (Loes.) Exell & Mendonça
  • Salacia brasiliensis (Spreng.) G.Don
  • Salacia bussei Loes.
  • Salacia callensii R.Wilczek
  • Salacia caloneura A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia cauliflora A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia cerasifera Welw. ex Oliv.
  • Salacia chinensis L.
  • Salacia chlorantha Oliv.
  • Salacia chlorion N.Hallé
  • Salacia cochinchinensis Lour.
  • Salacia confertiflora Merr.
  • Salacia congolensis De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Salacia conraui Loes.
  • Salacia cordata (Miers) Mennega
  • Salacia cornifolia Hook.f.
  • Salacia coronata N.Hallé
  • Salacia crampeli A.Chev.
  • Salacia crassifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) G.Don
  • Salacia cuspidata A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia debilis (G.Don) Walp.
  • Salacia dentata Baker
  • Salacia devredii R.Wilczek
  • Salacia dicarpellata Loes.
  • Salacia dimidia N.Hallé
  • Salacia duckei A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia dusenii Loes.
  • Salacia eckoka Louis ex R.Wilczek
  • Salacia elegans Welw. ex Oliv.
  • Salacia elliptica (Mart.) G.Don
  • Salacia erecta (G.Don) Walp.
  • Salacia eurypetala Loes.
  • Salacia ferrifodina N. Hallé
  • Salacia fimbrisepala Loes.
  • Salacia gabunensis Loes.
  • Salacia germainii R.Wilczek
  • Salacia gerrardii Harv.
  • Salacia gigantea Loes.
  • Salacia glaucifolia C.Y.Wu
  • Salacia glomerata (Mart. ex Schult.) G.Don
  • Salacia grandifolia (Mart.) G.Don
  • Salacia hainanensis Chun & F.C.How
  • Salacia hispida Blakelock
  • Salacia howesii Hutch. & M.B.Moss
  • Salacia impressifolia (Miers) A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia induta Rizzini
  • Salacia insignis A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia ituriensis Loes.
  • Salacia juruana Loes.
  • Salacia kanukuensis A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia kivuensis R.Wilczek
  • Salacia kraussii (Harv.) Harv.
  • Salacia laurentii De Wild.
  • Salacia lebrunii R.Wilczek
  • Salacia lehmbachii Loes.
  • Salacia leptoclada Tul.
  • Salacia letestui Pellegr.
  • Salacia letouzeyana N.Hallé
  • Salacia loloensis Loes.
  • Salacia lomensis Loes.
  • Salacia longipes (Oliv.) N.Hallé
  • Salacia lovettii N. Hallé & B.Mathew
  • Salacia lucida Oliv.
  • Salacia luebbertii Loes.
  • Salacia maburensis Mennega
  • Salacia macrantha A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia macrocremastra Lombardi
  • Salacia madagascariensis (Lam.) DC.
  • Salacia malabarica Gamble
  • Salacia mamba N.Hallé
  • Salacia mannii Oliv.
  • Salacia maudouxii R. Wilczek
  • Salacia mayumbensis Exell & Mendonça
  • Salacia mennegana Lombardi
  • Salacia miqueliana Loes.
  • Salacia mosenii A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia multiflora (Lam.) DC.
  • Salacia ndakala R.Wilczek
  • Salacia negrensis Lombardi
  • Salacia nemorosa Lombardi
  • Salacia nipensis Britton
  • Salacia nitida (Benth.) N.E.Br.
  • Salacia obovatilimba S.Y. Bao
  • Salacia oleoides Baker
  • Salacia oliveriana Loes.
  • Salacia opacifolia (J.F.Macbr.) A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia orientalis N.Robson
  • Salacia ovalifolia (Miers) J.F.Macbr.
  • Salacia owabiensis Hoyle
  • Salacia pachyphylla (Miers) Peyr.
  • Salacia pallescens Oliv.
  • Salacia panamensis Lombardi
  • Salacia petenensis Lundell
  • Salacia polysperma Hu
  • Salacia preussii Loes.
  • Salacia pynaertii De Wild.
  • Salacia pyriformioides Loes.
  • Salacia pyriformis (Sabine) Steud.
  • Salacia quadrangulata R.Wilczek
  • Salacia regeliana J.Braun & K.Schum.
  • Salacia rehmannii Schinz
  • Salacia rhodesiaca Blakelock
  • Salacia rivularis Louis ex R.Wilczek
  • Salacia senegalensis (Lam.) DC.
  • Salacia sessiliflora Hand.-Mazz.
  • Salacia solimoesensis A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia spectabilis A.C.Sm.
  • Salacia staudtiana Loes. ex Fritsch
  • Salacia stuhlmanniana Loes.
  • Salacia talbotii Baker f.
  • Salacia togoica Loes.
  • Salacia tomiensis A.Chev.
  • Salacia trigonocarpa Boivin ex Tul.
  • Salacia trinervia (Spreng.) G.Don
  • Salacia tuberculata Blakelock
  • Salacia ulei Loes.
  • Salacia uregaensis R.Wilczek
  • Salacia volubilis Loes. & Winkl.
  • Salacia whytei Loes.
  • Salacia wrightii Urb.
  • Salacia zenkeri Loes.

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, retrieved 2014-11-10 Missing or empty |title= (help); |contribution= ignored (help)
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