Combretaceae FAMILY

Combretum fruticosum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber

GrowthFast

The plant can tolerate some frost. A fast-growing plant^[1]. Responds well to pruning, it is possible to keep it cut back to a medium shrub size.

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Combretum+fruticosum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported. Vol. 46 — USDA Government Printing Office; Washington DC. · 1919 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Details of seeds and plants imported for trials by the United States Department of Agriculture in the first quarter of 1916, often detailing the uses of the plant and various other miscellaneous information. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
[2]Flora of Guatemala — Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark · 1946 - 1976 · http://www.archive.org/ ↩︎A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/