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Combretum paniculatum
Combretum paniculatum
- Botanic Family
- Combretaceae
- Author
- Ventenat
- Propagation
- C.S.
- Hardiness Zone
- Min16C
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Northern Provinces - South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Hot savannahs forest
- secondary forest
- thickets
Flowering Times
- Winter-early spring. Jan
- Feb
- May
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec Autumn
Fruiting Times
Semi-evergreen or deciduous glabrous shrub, scandent shrub or liana with spiny stems, glabrous foliage. Coriaceous leaves to 350mm x 130mm. Spikes, axillary or terminal hairy panicles or fascicles to 500mm long x 150mm wide of 5mm scarlet-red flowers, pubescent calyx, Fruit to 40mm x 25mm pink or orange, 4-5 winged,
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Herklots 1976
- van der Spuy 1976
- Huxley 1992
- P & R 1997
- Mobot
- RHS A-Z
- FCP
- Welw
- Bodkin
- The Plant List 2
- RSNRV
- Botanicus
- Timberlake
- FOTA
- Ichikawa