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Combretum tomentosum

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Identification
Combretum tomentosum G.Don [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Combretum chrysophyllum
  • Combretum tomentosum
Common name
  • kignat bagid (K&A) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • somania (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, KIRMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Guinea-Bissau) cancalibá-déo (JDES) canquelibá-deo (EPdS) iári-sáfi (JDES; EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • salanombo (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fu ruk (JB); = big spread (DF, The Gambia) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ñañaka (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • a-ndèg (Ferry) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ulô (JDES; EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, PEPEL), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • safiri (Langdale-Brown) (GUINEA, FULA-PULAAR (Guinea)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • lokoan (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, GRUSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sérédéd́ (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kabaa (indef. and def.) (Frith) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for COMBRETUM tomentosum Don [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 tomentosum Don [family COMBRETACEAE], DC. Prod. iii. 21.
COMBRETUM chrysophyllum Guill. et Perr. [family COMBRETACEAE], Fl. Seneg. 289.
Information
Shrub, climbing; branches villose, with rust-coloured hairs. Leaves shortly petiolate, opposite, oblong-elliptical, mucronate, 1 1/2–2 in. long, ferruginous, villose beneath, covered with long silky deciduous hairs above. Flowers in long woolly axillary spikes. Calyx-limb hemispherical, teeth almost obsolete. Petals small, obovate, entire, from a wedge-shaped base, reflexed. Stamens included. Fruit winged, elliptical, 1 in. long, emarginate, abrupt or slightly cordate at the base, covered with a short dark rich red pubescence.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Tette, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk!South Central Highlands of the Batoka country, Dr. Kirk!Senegal Upper Guinea !Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Afzelius!

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