A remarkable new species of Salacia (Celastraceae: Salacioideae) from the Western Ghats, India. (21st April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Page, Navendu V.; Nandikar, Mayur D.
• Is Part Of: Nordic journal of botany. Volume 38:Number 4(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-04-21
• Subjects: branched cymes -- dry mesocarp -- ellipsoid fruits -- endemic -- prolate -- Salacia; Botany -- Periodicals; Mycology -- Periodicals; 580
• DOI: 10.1111/njb.02647
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0107-055X

Abstract

Abstract : A new species of Salacia is described from Karnataka and Kerala states of the Western Ghats, India. It is unique within the genus on account of its obliquely dehiscing anthers and 7–10 cm long, prolate to broadly ellipsoid or ovoid, keeled, greenish‐yellow 5‐ to 8‐seeded fruit with thin epicarp and dry mesocarp. Salacia megacarpa sp. nov. can be grouped with S. fruticosa Heyne ex M.A.Lawson and S. oblonga Wight & Arn. which are the only other species from the sub‐continent which exhibit axillary, ramiflorous, dichotomously branched cymes.