Salacia korthalsiana

Botanical Description

Salacia korthalsiana is generally a climbing shrub with woody stems that twine into the surrounding vegetation and can be up to 18 metres long. Occasionally the plant produces erect branches and is then more shrub-like, or even a tree, growing up to 10 metres tall[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.