Entry for COMBRETUM padoides Engl. & Diels [family COMBRETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
COMBRETUM padoidesEngl. & Diels [family COMBRETACEAE], (1899). Fig. 136 A.
Information
Scandent shrub. Leaves opposite or subopposite; blade ± broadly elliptic, 1.5–11.5 x 1.1–5.5 cm, ± acuminate at the apex, glabrous or almost so, but with golden scales beneath; petiole 6–25 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, yellowish or white, in spikes. Lower and upper receptacle with reddish scales, the upper almost flat; disc hairy. Petals c. 1.5 x 0.25 mm, glabrous; filaments c. 3 mm long. Fruits 4-winged, subcircular in outline, 1.5–2 cm in diam., with reddish or golden scales, wings 7–9 mm wide; stipe 2–3 mm long.
