Salacia sessiliflora
Hand.Mazz.
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Description
A shrub. It grows 4 m tall. The young branches are dark grey, The leaves are narrowly oblong and 10-15 cm long by 4-5 cm wide. They are leathery and shiny. The fruit are orange to red and round. They are 2-5 cm across and contain 3-4 seeds. The flowers are light green and they occur as small numbers in a group. The fruit is round and orange to red. They are 2-3 cm across. There are 3-4 seeds. The fruit are sweet.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. The pulp surrounding the seeds is slightly sweet. The orange-yellow to orange-red, globose fruit is 20 - 45mm in diameter, containing 3 - 4 seeds.
Traditional Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountains between 600-1,600 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
Also Known As
A ka la ma a bo
References (3)
- Fern, K., 2012, Tropical Species Database http://theferns.info/tropical/
- Flora of China.
- Luo, B., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:56
