Combretum adenogonium Steud. ex A.Rich.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Combretum

Characteristics

A small to medium sized tree. The leaves are usually in rings or 3-4. They can be opposite. The leaves are oval and dark green. They are velvety when young but lose theirs hairs when mature. There are 7-10 pairs of sides veins that can easily be seen underneath the leaf. The edges of the leaves can be wavy. The flowers are yellow to green. They are in dense spikes. They appear before the new leaves. The fruit is oval and 25 mm long by 35 mm wide. They have 4 wings. They are green with reddish patches.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Deciduous woodland and wooded grassland with Lonchocarpus, Rhus, Acacia, Grewia molle, sometimes on rocks; often associated with seasonally waterlogged and heavy clay soils; also on rocky slopes; at elevations from 50-2,300 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry savannah woodland and often on termite mounds.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food dye environmental use food fuel gene source gum invertebrate food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison poison vertebrate poison wood
Edible barks fruits gums leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Combretum adenogonium world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Combretum adenogonium threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169882-1
WFO ID wfo-0000616044
COL ID XDZ3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Combretum albidiflorum Combretum ternifolium Combretum zechii Combretum adenogonium Combretum chevalieri Combretum dalzielii Combretum etessei Combretum fragrans Combretum ghasalense Combretum kamatutu Combretum kilossanum Combretum tetraphyllum Combretum undulatum Combretum basarense Combretum multispicatum Combretum reticulatum Combretum subvernicosum Combretum ghasalense var. pobequinii Combretum augustinum