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Combretum aculeatum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

Ventenat

Common Names

• Mpupu Lu (Kimwera)
• Kyettet-nwe (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Thicket
• dry savanna

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Lianescent or erect spiny shrub with axillary & terminal spikes or racemes of red & white flowers with 5 hairy petals, leaf petioles become spines with old age, glabrescent leaves 50mm long, branches & calyx pubescent, 5-winged fruit to 20mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• FOTA