Combretum sericeum G.Don

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Combretaceae > Combretum

Characteristics

A shrub. It has erect shoots 1 m tall. These come from a woody rootstock. The flower petals can be yellow, pink or red. The fruit is pink and turns pale brown.
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Suffrutex, with tough woody underground stem, sending up erect annual shoots, to 2 ft. high, after grass fires
Fruit pink, becoming pale brown.
Petals yellow, or pink, or red
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.38
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food material medicinal social use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Distribution

Combretum sericeum world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:170463-1
WFO ID wfo-0000616770
COL ID 5ZR22
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Combretum argyrochryseum Combretum zastrowii Combretum arenarium Combretum katangense Combretum lineare Combretum parvulum Combretum simulans Poivrea sericea Combretum herbaceum Combretum platypetalum Combretum turbinatum Combretum sericeum Combretum platypetalum subsp. platypetalum

Lower taxons

Combretum platypetalum subsp. baumii Combretum platypetalum subsp. oatesii Combretum platypetalum subsp. virgatum