Combretum adenogonium
Combretaceae FAMILY

Combretum adenogonium

Combretum adenogonium

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Combretum adenogonium is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to about 10 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine, as well as for various commodities[ 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/ ]. In the dry season, when the trees are bare of leaves, there is usually an intense burst of sweetly-scented yellow flowers, which attract many insects to the nectar[ 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/ ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - savannah areas from Guinea-Bissau to Ethiopia, then south to Botswana, Mozambique.
HabitatDeciduous woodland and wooded grassland with Lonchocarpus, Rhus, Acacia, Grewia molle, sometimes on rocks; often associated with seasonally waterlogged and heavy clay soils; also on rocky slopes; at elevations from 50 - 2,300 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].