Salvia cana
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643feb9f81402535253068 |
| Scientific name | Salvia cana |
| Authority | Wall. ex Benth. |
| First published in | Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1292 (1830) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Whole seeds (Salvia hispanica) used as a food ingredient.
- Fixed oil (salvia seed oil) from the seeds, expressed or solvent-extracted for edible use.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
- Whole seeds are processed into bakery products, cereals, snack bars, and grain mixes, and may be soaked to develop a mucilaginous coating. No health claims are implied.
- Seed oil is used as a food oil in dressings and as a specialty fat; it is also used as a frying fat in some food applications. The high iodine value indicates strong drying properties that limit thermal stability; suitability depends on formulation and temperature.
Colorants and tanning:
- Not documented for this taxon.
Wood and fiber:
- No documented wood, fiber, bast fiber, or timber uses are reported.
Fragrance and cosmetics:
- Not documented for this taxon.
Properties relevant to use:
- Seed oil typically shows a very high iodine value (≈180–210 g I2/100 g oil), indicating a high degree of unsaturation, with α-linolenic acid (≈60–63% of total fatty acids) as a major component. The linoleic/oleic/palmitic acid composition resembles that of other drying oils. These characteristics support classification as a highly unsaturated edible oil with drying properties, affecting its stability and suitability for thermal processing.
Standards and regulation:
- Codex Alimentarius includes a standard for chia (Salvia hispanica L.) seeds (Codex Stan 250-2005), defining identity, hygiene, and compositional specifications. National food regulations and labeling rules apply where the seeds and seed oil are marketed as foods.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- Commercial supplies of seed and seed oil are obtained through cultivated production in multiple countries; because the user is interested in the uses of Salvia cana (Wall. ex Benth.) but the documented non-medicinal uses pertain to S. hispanica, no specific sustainability information is attributed to S. cana.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Salvia integrifolia | Hardw. | Asiat. Res. 6: 349 (1799) |
| Salvia lanata | Roxb. | Fl. Ind. 1: 147 1820 |
| Stenarrhena lanata | D.Don | Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 111 (1825) |
| Salvia mukerjeei | Bennet & Raizada | Indian Forester 108: 303 (1982) |
Germination/Propagation Top
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No germination or propagation data was added yet.
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
No distribution data was extracted from POWO/KEW yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000300570 |
| Tropicos | 50312025 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:907507-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-183252 |
| Observations.org | 454523 |
| IPNI | 907507-1 |
| GBIF | 3895297 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927779-1 |
| iNaturalist | 973139 |
| GBIF | 3882540 |
| CMAUP | NPO4984 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
| Title | Authors | Publication | Released | IDs | ||
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| A triterpene acid constituent of Salvia lanata | K.S. Mukherjee, M.K. Bhattacharya, P.K. Ghosh | Elsevier BV | 25-Jul-2002 |
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| Diterpenoid quinones of Salvia lanata | K.S. Mukherjee, P.K. Ghosh, R.K. Mukherjee | Elsevier BV | 25-Jul-2002 |
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |