Combretum platypterum Hutch. & Dalziel

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Combretum

Characteristics

A straggling shrub. It can be a creeper. Flowers are yellow to red. The fruit are red and 5 cm across.
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Fruits red at first then pale brown.
Scandent shrub or forest liane
Receptacle greyish-red or red
Bracts greyish-red or red
Petals yellow to red
Filaments red
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
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A tropical plant. It grows in secondary deciduous forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young leaves are sometimes put in soup.
Uses environmental use food gene source material medicinal social use
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Distribution

Combretum platypterum world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Togo

Conservation status

Combretum platypterum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:170379-1
WFO ID wfo-0000616667
COL ID 5ZQZB
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Synonyms

Cacoucia barteri Campylochiton platypterus Combretum laurentii Combretum lawsonianum Cacoucia paniculata Cacoucia platyptera Combretum platypterum Combretum nervosum