Combretaceae FAMILY
Combretum collinum
Combretum collinum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Combretum collinum hypopilinum is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing from 4 - 18 metres tall[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its gum, medicinal uses and timber.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Somalia, south to Namibia and S. Africa.
HabitatSavannah[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ]. Open woodlands; forest margins; deciduous thickets; and Kalahari and Lake Basin chipya woodland; occasional on anthills, in miombo woodlands; and in dry, evergreen forests; at low to medium elevations[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].