Salacia oblonga
| Author : Wall. ex Wight & Arn. |
| Family : Hippocrateaceae |
Habit: Climbing shrub |
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Root bark
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Salacia oblonga |
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| Description | ||||||
| A straggling shrub, with lenticellate branches, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate leaves, small, pale yellow, axillary, mostly sessile flowers and large, globose, yellowish-red berries containing 6-8, angular, large seeds embedded in pulp. | ||||||
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Root bark |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
| rheumatism, gonorrhoea, skin diseases | ||||||
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