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Combretum indicum
Combretum indicum
- Botanic Family
- Combretaceae
- Author
- (Linnaeus ) R.A. De Filipps
- Propagation
- C.S.
- Cultivated
- C, ornamental
- Hardiness Zone
- Min13C 10-11
Common Names
- Rangoon Creeper
- Rangoon Jasmine
- Burma Creeper
- Chinese Honeysuckle
- Drunken Sailor
- Hoedanig
- Udani
- Akar-dani
- Irangan-malli Asare Phul (Nepali)
- Shi jun zi (Pinyin)
- Shih Chan Tzu or Shui Chun Tzu (China)
- Rangoon-ke-bel (India)
- Niog-niogan (Philippines)
- Khua Sa Mang (Laos)
- Lep Mu Nang (Thai)
- Indian Jessamine
- Qisqual
- Quiqualis
- Dawe-hmaing-nwe (Myanmar)
- Mawk-nang-nang (Myanmar)
- Cay-giun (Vietnam)
- Dok ùng (Vietnam)
- Khua hûng (Vietnam)
- Cây thûoc gìun (Vietnam)
- Akar Suloh (Singapore)
- Dawchprincipalg (Myanmar)
- Akar Pontianak or Akar Suloh or Belimbing Hutan (Malay)
- Liane Vermifuge (French)
- Irangunmalli (Tamil)
- Su Quan or Qua Gium or Day Gium or Qua Nac (Vietnamese)
Geographical Habitats
- Christmas Island
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia - Australia
- Bangladesh
- Borneo
- Cambodia
- Hainan
- South Mainland
- Taiwan - China
- India
- Java
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Maluku
- Sulawesi
- Sumatra - Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Bismarck Archipelago
- New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Thickets
- rain forest
- hedges
- wasteland
- disturbed areas
- secondary growth
- riversides
- forests
- rain forest edge
Flowering Times
- Mar-Nov (China)
- Apr-May (Thailand)
- Oct (Papua New Guinea)
Fruiting Times
- Jun-Nov (China)
- Sep-Oct (Thailand)
Tall woody nearly glabrous or pubescent perennial evergreen twining liana or scandent shrub, branchlets with brownish-yellow pubescence, armed with recurved spines. Leaves to 185mm x 90mm glabrous above, ferrugineus-tomentullose or puberulous beneath, variable in size & shape. Axillary or terminal spikes, corymbs or racemes 100mm long with green bracts 11mm x 4mm, numerous scented white ageing red flowers to 100mm long in loose clusters or 24mm x 10mm, calyx tube 80mm long x 3mm across with 5 lobes 1.5mm long, a white flowered form is reported, petals white aging red, 5 pubescent or glabrous petals 15mm x 7mm with or without bracts. 5 angled glabrous fruit to 40mm long x 23mm, ripening black or brown, wings to 5mm.
Widely naturalised in tropics
Various medicinal uses, seeds eaten, poison
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Herklots 1976
- van der Spuy 1976
- Beckett 1990
- Huxley 1992
- Manandhar 2002
- FOC
- RHS A-Z
- Mobot
- NYBG
- Llamas 2003
- Chujian 2001
- Bodkin
- JDH
- The Plant List 2
- VOPR
- USNH
- Botanicus
- F Indochine
- FOTA
- JAA
- Flora Malesiana
- Gleason & Moldenke
- Wiart 2