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Combretum (old Latin name). Combretaceae. Tropical shrubs and trees, many of which are climbers by means of the persistent leaf-stalks.
Leaves mostly opposite, in some species verticillate in 3's or 4's, entire: fls. in spikes or racemes, polygamous; calyx bell- shaped; petals usually 4; stamens usually 8: fr. winged and indehiscent, 1-seeded. —A genus of 250 species from Asia, Afr. and Amer., particularly S. Afr. The combretums are warmhouse plants, little known in this country. Prop, by cuttings of firm wood. One climbing species is in the American trade: C. coccmeum, Lam. (C. purpureum, Vahl. Poivrea cocdnea, DC.), from Madagascar. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, evergreen: fls. small, brilliant red, the long-exserted stamens forming the chief feature of beauty; the handsome loose spikes often in panicles; parts of the fl. in 10's. B.M. 2102. L.B.C. 6:563.—Handsome. C. butryosum yields a butter-like substance, used by the Kafirs as food. C. sundaicum in recent years has attained some prominence as a reputed anti-opium remedy. N. Taylor.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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