Salacia madagascariensis

(Lam.) DC.

Celastraceae Edible: Fruit 69 iNaturalist observations

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Description

An evergreen shrub or climber. The leaves are narrowly oval and shiny. There are teeth around the edge. The flowers are in clusters and are greenish-yellow. The fruit are round and 3 cm across. They are orange to red when ripe.

Edible Uses

The fruit coat is removed and the seed discarded; the small amount of flesh inside is eaten.

Traditional Uses

The fruit coat is removed and the seed is discarded and the small amount of flesh is eaten.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. In Kenya it grows in coastal areas. It grows in sand and rocky areas from sea level to 500 m altitude.

Where It Grows

Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar,

Other Information

It is a famine food.

Notes

Also put in the family Hippocrateacece.

Synonyms

Salacia simtata Loes.

Also Known As

Mudzipo, Voa manandroa, Voamasoandro, Voantsimatra, Voa vonomby

References (6)

East African Herbarium records, 1981,
Maundu, P. et al, 1999, Traditional Food Plants of Kenya. National Museum of Kenya. 288p
Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 81
Reitveld, S., 2013, The Animals and Plants of the Zazamalala Forest in Western Madagascar. p 60

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Styger, E., et al, 1999, Indigenous fruit trees of Madagascar: potential components of agroforestry systems to improve human nutrition and restore biological diversity. Agroforestry Systems 46: 289-310