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Combretum punctatum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Dun lin feng che zi (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Hainan
• SW. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands - India
• W. Java
• SW. Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• thickets
• montane areas
• forest

Flowering Times

• Apr (China)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Jul (China)

Climbing shrub or tall liana with ferrugineous young branches, scaly leaves to 180mm x 110mm. Terminal or axillary spikes or panicles to 70mm long of fragrant white or yellowish flowers to 3.5m, 4 glabrous petals to 2mm, yellow bracts & 4-winged glabrous fruits brown to 35mm x 40mm wings to 10mm across, leaves dotted on both surfaces

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Flora Malesiana