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Salacia chinensis Ponkorandi, ekanayakam flowering twig #189357325
Description
It is a medicinal shrub or small tree found wild along the coastal areas. some shoots will grow as a hook climber. Its root and stem wood with several rings due to special type of wood development. Root cork layer yellowish, shiny. fruit is reddish subglobose, 1 - seeded, sweetish. Root and stem wood are used to manage diabetes and cholesterol control. Root wood is reddish. Due to increasing demand it is planted in the agriculture and forest land in India.