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Combretum comosum var. hispidum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

(M.A. Lawson) Jongkind

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• S. Nigeria
• Sierra Leone. Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Montane secondary forest
• forest
• savanna woodland

Flowering Times

• Jan

Fruiting Times

Liana or straggly scandent shrub with glabrescent branches, leaves 150mm x 60mm glabrous both surfaces, terminal panicles with rbacts & bracteoles, flowers to 25mm long, pale pink to white outside, dark red inside, hispid calyx tube

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA