Combretum xanthothyrsum Engl. & Diels

Semi-scandent evergreen shrub or liane.. Leaves opposite; lamina membranous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, up to 17.5 cm. long, 8 cm. wide, apex acute or acuminate, base usually rounded, sometimes subcuneate, glabrous except for the scales, rather densely lepidote on both surfaces; scales reddish golden, appearing deeply impressed, not contiguous; lateral nerves 7–10 pairs; petiole 5–15 mm. long.. Inflorescence axillary, simple or paniculate due to the suppression of the leaves; spikes 3–5 cm. long; peduncle up to 2 cm. long, rufous pubescent.. Flowers whitish to pale yellow, fragrant.. Lower receptacle 2.5 mm. long, densely rufous lepidote; upper receptacle infundibuliform, 4.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, lepidote and densely pubescent.. Sepals broadly deltate; petals broadly elliptic to subcircular, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, conspicuously emarginate, glabrous.. Stamen-filaments 5–6 mm. long; anthers 0.5 mm. long.. Disk inconspicuous.. Style 5 mm. long.. Fruit (fig. 5/25, p. 16) oblong-elliptic in outline, up to 5.5 cm. long and 3.5 cm. wide, lepidote and otherwise glabrous or nearly so; wings up to 10 mm. wide and somewhat decurrent at the base; apical peg up to 1 mm. long; stipe up to 1.3 cm. long.. Scales (fig. 2/25, p. 13) as for the section.