Combretaceae FAMILY

Combretum indicum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is commonly used in traditional medicine, especially to rid the body of parasites. Caution needs to be employed, however, since in large doses it can cause nausea, vomiting, hiccough and even unconsciousness[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]

Botanical Description

Combretum indicum is a vigorous, fast-growing, climbing shrub growing up to 8 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The much-branched stems can grow up to 20 metres long in tropical climates[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant is a popular traditional medicine and is also grown as an ornamental hedge. It is widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics, sometimes also in the warm temperate zone, as an ornamental climber for clothing arches, climbing into trees etc[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. It has fragrant white flowers, which become pink with age[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. In the Tropics of Africa and SE Asia everywhere cultivated for production of the drug (fruits and seeds)[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeProbably originally native to tropical Asia and possibly eastern Africa, but now widespread through the tropics.

HabitatRain forests, low woods, thickets, hedges, mountains, dry hillsides, riversides, roadsides, wasteland at elevations below 1,500 metres in China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Thickets and secondary forest[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ].