Combretum roxburghii
Combretum roxburghii
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
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[1]. It forms dense masses, suppressing young seedling and coppice growth and climbing into the crowns of trees. It is very difficult to deal with, as it grows rapidly and luxuriantly after cutting, and reproduces freely from seed, quantities of young seedlings appearing in the rainy season[2].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Combretum+roxburghii>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]A Manual of Indian Timbers. — Gamble. J. S. · Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh · 1972 · ISBN - ↩︎First written in the 19th century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader.
- [2]The Silviculture of Indian Trees — Troup. R.S. · Oxford, at the Clarendon Press · 1921 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎An excellent treatment.
- [3]Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). — Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. · Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. · 1986 · ISBN - ↩︎Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.