Salacia reticulata is a climbing, perennial, woody shrub – a liana – with a
dichotomous branching pattern. The bark is smooth, greenish grey in colour, thin, and white internally. The leaves are opposite and elliptic-oblong. The leaves have acute bases, abruptly acuminate apexes, and a margin with minute rounded teeth. The greenish-white flowers are bisexual and arranged in clusters of 2-6 in the leaf axils. The orange-red ripe fruit is a
drupe which is globose and tubercular. The fruit contains 1–4 seeds, each resembling an almond. ==Traditional medicine and research==