Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Crocodile Farm, Kariba

Synonyms:	Quisqualis indica L.
Common names:	Rangoon creeper (English)
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Description:	Climbing shrub. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, acuminate, the petiole bases persistent and thorn-like. Flowers fragrant in terminal drooping spikes. Calyx tube c. 8 cm long; lobes short, triangular. Petals white, becoming red. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 5-angled.
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Derivation of specific name:	indicum: of India
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Worldwide distribution:	Native in India, Burma, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines and Australia.
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Insects associated with this species:	Ophiusa mejanesi (Larval food plant) Hemerophanes Hemerophanes libyra (Larval food plant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 83.

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Combretum indicum

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Combretum indicum
African Plant Database: Combretum indicum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Combretum indicum
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