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Celastraceae

Salacia chinensis L.

Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Salacia

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Salacia chinensis: Celastraceae (staff vine or bittersweet family) » Salacia chinensis L. ¿ say-luh-SEE-ah ? -- genus named for ¿ Salacia, Neptune's wife, goddess of sea ? chi-NEN
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
五层龙, 五層龍, 桫拉木, 羚羊肉
Marathi
सप्तरंगी
Thai
กำแพงเจ็ดชั้น
Vietnamese
Chóc máu, Chóp mào, Chóp máu

Synonyms

  • Johnia coromandeliana Roxb.
  • Johnia serrata Buch.-Ham.
  • Salacia chinensis var. latifolia (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Chakrab. & M.Gangop.
  • Salacia chinensis var. parvifolia (Tardieu) H.H.Pham
  • Salacia coromandeliana Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Salacia evonymiflora Zipp. ex Miq.
  • Salacia latifolia Wall. ex M.A.Lawson
  • Salacia littoralis Backer
  • Salacia naumannii Engl.
  • Salacia patens Decne.
  • Salacia podopetala Turcz.
  • Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC.
  • Salacia prinoides var. parvifolia Tardieu
  • Salacia prinoides var. timorensis Span.
  • Salacia sinensis J.F.Gmel.
  • Salacia socia Craib
  • Salacia wightiana Wall.
  • Tonsella chinensis (L.) Spreng.
  • Tontelea chinensis Spreng.
  • Tontelea prinoides Willd.

Characteristics

In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.