Icacinaceae FAMILY

Sarcostigma kleinii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber

Growth—

Sarcostigma kleinii is a plant of the tropics, where it is usually found under seasonal climatic conditions^[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seeds are required^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sarcostigma+kleinii>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
[2]Wild edible plants traditionally used by the tribes in the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Keala, India — Yesodharan K. & Sujana K.A. · 2007 ↩︎
[3]Phenolic content and antioxidant potential of Sarcostigma kleinii Wight. & Arn — Arunachalam K., Parimelazhagan T. & Saravanan S. · http://10.1080/09540105.2010.549211 · ISBN 0954-0105 ↩︎
[4]Economic Products of India. Volume 1. — Watt. G. · Government of India: Calcutta. · 1883 ↩︎Although over 100 years old, it still contains a wealth of information on useful plants. Many of the botanical names have been changed since then, so you have to check for up to date names. The book can be downloaded from the Internet.
[5]Oil Yielding Plants — Botanical Survey of India. · 2004 · http://mnes.nic.in/list/oil-plants.pdf ↩︎A PDF downloaded from the Internet. Very terse details about the applications of oil obtained from over 300 species of plants.