Combretum microphyllum

Klotzsch

Forest burning-bush

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Nectar

The nectar is eaten as a snack.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in savannah and woodland often near watercourses.

Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It can lie along the ground. It grows 2-3 m tall. The young branches have a coating. The leaves are oppositeThe flowers are in large groups at the ends of branches. They are red. The fruit can be 5 cm long by 3.3 cm wide.

Names & Synonyms

Bungaluselo

Combretum lomuense SimCombretum paniculatum subsp. microphyllum (Klotzsch) Wickens

References (2)

Magwede, K., van Wyk, B.-E., & van Wyk, A. E., 2019, An inventory of Vhavenḓa useful plants. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 57–89
Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179

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Where to Find It

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