Salomonia is a genus of plants in the milkwort family, Polygalaceae. It includes five species native to the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Korea, Japan, Malesia, Micronesia, Papuasia, and Queensland. They are annual herbs with erect or ascending stems, aromatic roots, simple alternate leaves and axillary, terminal spike inflorescence.Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India.; Kailash, B. R., ATREE, Bangalore, India.; Royal Norwegian Embassy grants. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India.
Species Five species are accepted: Salomonia cantoniensis Lour. Salomonia ciliata (L.) DC. Salomonia kradungensis H.Koyama Salomonia longiciliata Kurz Salomonia thailandica H.Koyama
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