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Combretum comosum var. dolichopetalum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

(Engler & Diels) Jongkind

Propagation

C.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Roadside vegetation
• riverside forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Liana or scandent shrub, glabrescent leaves, panicles with bracts & bracteoles enclosed in silky hairs almost hiding flowers, of red & white flowers,calyx tube to 20mm long with 5 teeth, 5 petals, 5-winged puberulous green fruit with reddish flush

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA