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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, 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.
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.
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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Combretum glutinosum is a shrub species of the genus Combretum, [1] found in the Sahel belt in parts of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, the Gambia, Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon, across to parts of Sudan. It is known as dooki in Pulaar, Kantakara in Hausa, rat in Wolof and jambakatan kè in Maninka.
Combretum farinosum is a species of bushwillow in the genus Combretum, native to Central and South America. [2] The species was first described Carl Sigismund Kunth . [ 3 ] The plant is widely used as perfume ingredient in cosmetics.