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Combretum punctatum var. squamosum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

(Roxburgh ex G. Don) M.G. Gangopadhyay & Chakrabarty

Common Names

• Shui mi hua (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Borneo
• SW. Guangdong
• S. Guangxi
• Hainan
• S. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands
• Sikkim - India
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Johore - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Dry thickets
• secondary forest
• lowland primary or secondary forest
• swamp forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-Apr (China)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Jul (China)

Large scandent lepidotted shrub or liana, leaves glabrous both surfaces, lateral & terminal racemes or flower spikes to 80mm long with bracts,glabrous calyx with 4 lobes, 4 glabrous petals to 1.5mm long, 4- winged hairy fruit 35mm lonh, leaves coriaceous & rusty beneath

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS