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Combretum constrictum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

(Bentham) M.A. Lawson

Common Names

• Mchugu Chugu (Kiswahili)
• Msugu Sugu (Kidoe)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Congo
• Kenya
• Mozambique
• S. Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• coastal forest
• moist thickets

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jul

Fruiting Times

Semi-herbaceous shrub with long straggling climbing shoots, glabrous leaves to 100mm long with minute white dots above, base of petiole forming short strong spine, flowers in terminal racemes, pinkish-red or whitish with brick red anthers, calyx tube to 6mm long, calyx limb to 12mm long inflated at base, petals fringed with minute hairs

Medicinal uses

Further References

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