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Combretum bracteosum (Hiccup-nut)

Hikklimop [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Combretaceae > Genus: Combretum

Combretum bracteosum (Hiccup-nut)
Combretum bracteosum (Hiccup-nut)

Combretum bracteosum, under cultivation in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland