Combretum — 34 species
Botanical species in the genus Combretum recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Combretum aculeatum
Combretum aculeatum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
A plant of drier areas in the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,800 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, though it can tolerate 15 - 45°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall of 300 - 700mm, but tolerates 250 - 800mm.
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Combretum adenogonium
Combretum adenogonium
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Grows at low to moderate elevations in moist tropical areas with a distinct dry season. Succeeds in a wide range of soils in the wild, including those that are seasonally inundated.
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Combretum apiculatum
Combretum apiculatum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Plants are tolerant of metalliferous soils. Prefers a well-drained, humus-rich soil.
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Combretum coccineum
Combretum coccineum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Prefers a position in full sun to light shade. Succeeds in most well-drained soils. Tolerant of some salt in the soil.
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Combretum collinum
Combretum collinum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
A slow-growing tree. The tree responds well to coppicing, lopping and pollarding.
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Combretum erythrophyllum
Combretum erythrophyllum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
A plant of low to moderate elevations in the drier tropics and subtropics. Once plants are two or more years old, they can tolerate at least some frost. Succeeds in full sun and also in partial shade.
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Combretum fruticosum
Combretum fruticosum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
The plant can tolerate some frost. A fast-growing plant. Responds well to pruning, it is possible to keep it cut back to a medium shrub size.
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Combretum glutinosum
Combretum glutinosum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the arid to semi-arid tropics, succeeding in areas where the annual mean rainfall is in the range 200 - 900mm. Thrives best on sandy and other free-draining soils. Established plants are very drought tolerant.
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Combretum imberbe
Combretum imberbe
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Plants are not tolerant of frosts. Grows best in a sunny position and a well-drained soil. Established trees are fairly drought resistant.
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Combretum indicum
Combretum indicum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate zones. Succeeds in full sun or partial shade. Succeeds in a range of well-drained soils so long as they are not too fertile, since this will lead to foliage growth at the expense of flowering.
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Combretum kraussii
Combretum kraussii
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in a sunny position and also in some shade. Established trees are reasonably drought tolerant. A fast-growing tree, it can be 1.7 metres tall within 2 years from seed.
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Combretum leprosum
Combretum leprosum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the 'Caatinga' dry forest region of northeast Brazil. The climate is hot and dry, there are usually 6 to 11 months without rain each year. The mean annual rainfall varies from 250 - 1,000mm, and the mean annual temperature is from 24 - 26°c.
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Combretum micranthum
Combretum micranthum
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the drier tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,000 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 35°c, but can tolerate 10 - 45°c. Mature plants can be killed by temperatures of -5°c or lower, but new growth can be severely damaged at -1°c.
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Combretum molle
Combretum molle
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the tropics, growing at low to moderate elevations in quite dry to fairly moist areas where there is a distinct dry season. It is found wild in areas where the mean annual rainfall is within the range 900 - 1,200mm. A fast-growing species.
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Combretum mossambicense
Combretum mossambicense
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Found mainly in the drier areas of the tropics and subtropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,675 metres. Plants can tolerate at lease some frost. They can tolerate temperatures ranging from about -4°c up to 40°c, perhaps even higher.
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Combretum nigricans
Combretum nigricans
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Grows best on loamy or clay soils, but also succeeds on sandstone, sandy or rocky soils.
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Combretum roxburghii
Combretum roxburghii
Family: Combretaceae
Cultivation
Where it occurs, this is one of the most rampant and troublesome of the forest climbers. Almost impossible to kill, and seeming to thrive better the more it is cut, it sends out innumerable shoots of great length, and twines them over the tree vegetation, no matter how big. It forms dense masses, suppressing young seedling and coppice growth and climbing into the crowns of trees.
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