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Combretum latifolium

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Kuo ye feng che zi (Pinyin)
• Khua Hen (Laos)
• Khua Chi-min (Laos)
• Mana-nwe (Myanmar)
• Maung-ma-khaw-nwe (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• S. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Kerala
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• mixed evergreen forest
• secondary growth
• forest edge
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Jan-Apr (China)
• Dec-Jan (Thailand)
• Jan (India)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Oct (China)

Very tall large liana to 30m or perennial deciduous woody nearly glabrous climber. Simple opposite coriaceous leaves fulvous-tomentose beneath or glabrous both surfaces to 200mm x 130mm. Finely pubescent axillary spikes with very small bracts & terminal racemes to 100mm of very fragrant greenish-white to yellow 8mm flower, calyx villous outsidew with 4 lobes to 5mm long, 4 glabrous petals to 2mm x 2mm. 4-winged nearly glabrous fruit to 45mm x 40mm, yellow to brown, wings to 10mm.

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• BF
• Sahyadri
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• IFV