Celastraceae FAMILY

Salacia oliveriana

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Salacia oliveriana is a bushy shrub, often adopting a climbing habit[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild and consumed locally,

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Gabon and D.R. Congo.

HabitatForest edges or canopy near the coast, but very rare inland; forest gallery; semi-deciduous forest at elevations from near sea level to about 530 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].