5538.000 Combretum Loefl.

QUISQUALIS L.

Liben, L. (1968) Combretaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs, or woody climbers. Leaves opposite, whorled, subopposite or rarely alternate, usually entire; petiole sometimes persisting and forming a ± hooked spine. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 4-5-merous. Calyx 4-5 (rarely more). Petals usually 4-5, variously coloured. Stamens twice as many as petals, in 1 or 2 series. Ovary inferior. Fruit 4-5-winged. A generally recognisable genus but Schrebera trichoclada in leaf looks very similar. The flowers of many species resemble those of willows (Salix species), hence their common name of Bushwillow.

Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics, excluding Australia

Malawi: 20 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Coeliades forestan (Striped policeman) Food plant
Coeliades pisistratus (Two-pip policeman) Larval foodplant
Hemerophanes Hemerophanes libyra (Variegated Vapourer) Larval food plant
Pseudaphelia apollinaris (Apollo moth) Food plant
Trabala charon Larval foodplant
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
adenogonium Steud. ex A. Rich.N,C,SDescription, Image
apiculatum Sond. subsp. apiculatum N,SDescription, Image
apiculatum Sond. subsp. leutweinii (Schinz) ExellS
collinum Fresen. [Agg]C,SDescription, Image
coriifolium Engl. & Diels?
hereroense Schinz subsp. hereroense SDescription, Image
imberbe WawraSDescription, Image
kirkii M.A. LawsonSDescription
microphyllum KlotzschC,SDescription, Image
molle R.Br ex G. DonN,C,SDescription, Image
mossambicense (Klotzsch) Engl.N,C,SDescription, Image
padoides Engl. & DielsC,SDescription, Image
paniculatum Vent.N,C,SDescription, Image
pentagonum M.A. LawsonC
pisoniiflorum Engl.SDescription, Image
platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) ExellC,SDescription, Image
psidioides Welw. [Agg]C,SDescription, Image
psidioides Welw. subsp. psidioides C,SDescription
schumannii Engl.S
zeyheri Sond.N,C,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Combretum:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Combretum
Flora of Burundi: Combretum
Flora of Caprivi: Combretum
Flora of the DRC: Combretum
Flora of Mozambique: Combretum
Flora of Rwanda: Combretum
Flora of Zambia: Combretum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Combretum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Combretum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Combretum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Combretum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Combretum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Combretum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Combretum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Combretum
JSTOR Plant Science: Combretum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Combretum
Plants of the World Online: Combretum
Tropicos: Combretum
Wikipedia: Combretum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-26

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2026). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Combretum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1007, retrieved 4 July 2026

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