Combretaceae FAMILY

Combretum paniculatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Fruits eaten by children at Ikire, S Nigeria, made them very ill and were found to have a paralysing action on test animals, an effect analogous to that of acetycholine^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber

Growth—

Plants are tolerant of seasonal inundation^[2].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
[2]Trees and Shrubs of the Sahel. Their Characteristics and Uses. — von Maydell H. · Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit; Germany · 1990 · ISBN 3-8236-1198-4 ↩︎A well-researched book, usually with more than one photograph of each species and good information on the plant and its uses.