Combretum zeyheriSond. [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Exell, A.W.., Combretum tinctorumWelw. ex Laws. [family COMBRETACEAE ] Combretum kirkiiLaws. [family COMBRETACEAE ]
Related name
Combretum tinctorum
Combretum menyhartii
Combretum zeyheri
Combretum kirkii
Flora
Entry for COMBRETUM Kirkii Laws. [family COMBRETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 413, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
COMBRETUM KirkiiLaws. [family COMBRETACEAE]
Information
Climbing shrubs; young branches sparingly lepidote. Leaves opposite, obovate from a cuneate base, 3–4 in. long, 1–1 1/2 in. broad, petioles 1/2 in. long. Flowers in spikes from the base of the leafy branches. Calyx-limb tubular-campanulate; teeth broadly triangular, fringed with minute hairs, nearly glabrous. Petals minute, obdeltoid. Fruit pedicellate, broadly oval, emarginate, 2 in. long, 1 3/4 in. broad, pedicels slender, 1 in. long or more, dark brown or of a brick-red colour.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea 5000 ft., Dr. Welwitsch!Mozamb. Dist. Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk!
Notes
According to Dr. Welwitsch, the leaves and fruit of a variety of this plant, called by him C. tinctorum, are used by the natives as a yellow dye. It has fruit-stalks 1 1/2 in. long.