Combretum roxburghii
Spreng.
Combretaceae
This species is commonly called Combretum decandrum in earlier literature[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Combretum decandrum Roxb.
Common Name:
General Information
Combretum roxburghii is a very vigorous climbing shrub.
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It has potential for use in remediating polluted soils. The white-bracted flowers and lilac-tinted young shoots are very beautiful ; they have a rather sickly honeyed scent[
146- Title
- A Manual of Indian Timbers.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Gamble. J. S.
- Publisher
- Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh
- Year
- 1972
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- First written in the 19th century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
E. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
Habitat
Not known
Properties
| Weed Potential | Yes |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 30.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Ornamental, Wild |
Cultivation Details
Where it occurs, this is one of the most rampant and troublesome of the forest climbers. Almost impossible to kill, and seeming to thrive better the more it is cut, it sends out innumerable shoots of great length, and twines them over the tree vegetation, no matter how big[
146- Title
- A Manual of Indian Timbers.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Gamble. J. S.
- Publisher
- Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh
- Year
- 1972
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- First written in the 19th century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader.
]. It forms dense masses, suppressing young seedling and coppice growth and climbing into the crowns of trees. It is very difficult to deal with, as it grows rapidly and luxuriantly after cutting, and reproduces freely from seed, quantities of young seedlings appearing in the rainy season[
652- Title
- The Silviculture of Indian Trees
- Publication
-
- Author
- Troup. R.S.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Oxford, at the Clarendon Press
- Year
- 1921
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent treatment.
].
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The leaves are used in the treatment of bilious haematuric malarial fevers[
240- Title
- Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement).
- Publication
-
- Author
- Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C.
- Publisher
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.
- Year
- 1986
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.
].
Agroforestry Uses:
This species thrives on soils that are rich in nickel and, furthermore, hyperaccumulates nickel. A level of 3,200 ppm nickel was found in this species[
407- Title
- BoDD (Botanical Dermatology Database)
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief notes on a very wide range of plants that have reports of causing harm to the skin.
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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