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Combtretum micranthum

Botanic Family

Combretaceae

Author

G. Don

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Central African Republic
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone

Natural Habitats

• Coastal thickets
• woodland
• forest
• lakeside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Shrub, tree or liane, pubescent branches, glabrescent mucronate leaves 75mm x 50mm dotted with minute scales, axillary spikes or racemes of red flowers, pinkish petals to 2mm long, 4-winged fruit to 20mm slightly puberulous

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOTA