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Combretum indicum, commonly known as the Rangoon creeper [2] or Burma creeper, [3] is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia and grows in thickets, primary and secondary forest, and along river banks in the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Combretum indicum (Quisqualis indica var. villosa) is native to tropical Asia but is still doubt whether is indigenous from Africa or was introduced there.Since the amino acid that can be isolated from its fruits can nowadays be made in the lab, the plant is mostly cultivated as an ornamental plant.
Combretum, the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae.The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but there are others that are native to tropical Asia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, Australia, and tropical America.
Although Rangoon Creeper name is more used for the vine Combretum indicum. [ 13 ] Depending on the country and language, it is also known as various names such as; in Hindi as लोखंडी and Lokhandi , [ citation needed ] in Kannada as ನೀಪಾ and Nipa , samdera , [ 3 ] or Kaduhonge , [ 14 ] in Malayalam as Karinghota , [ 15 ...
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Narcissus pseudonarcissus showing (from bend to tip of flower) spathe, floral cup, tepals, and corona The petals of Combretum indicum. Petals can differ dramatically in different species. The number of petals in a flower may hold clues to a plant's classification.
The etymology of the original species name caffrum is related to kaffir, an ethnic slur used towards black people in Africa. At the July 2024 International Botanical Congress, a vote was held with the result that "caffrum" related names will be emended to afrum related ones, with the implementation of this happening by the end of July 2024. [5]
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