Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
5538.000 Combretum
QUISQUALIS L.
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs, or woody climbers. Leaves opposite, whorled, subopposite or rarely alternate, usually entire; petiole sometimes persisting and forming a ± hooked spine. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 4-5-merous. Calyx 4-5 (rarely more). Petals usually 4-5, variously coloured. Stamens twice as many as petals, in 1 or 2 series. Ovary inferior. Fruit 4-5-winged. A generally recognisable genus but Schrebera trichoclada in leaf looks very similar. The flowers of many species resemble those of willows (Salix species), hence their common name of Bushwillow. Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics, excluding Australia Zimbabwe: 7 cultivated taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| afrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze | |
| bracteosum (Hochst.) Brandis | Image |
| elaeagnoides Klotzsch | Description, Image |
| erythrophyllum (Burch.) Sond. | Description, Image |
| fruticosum (Loefl.) Stuntz | Image |
| indicum (L.) DeFilipps | Description, Image |
| kraussii Hochst. | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CombretumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Combretum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Combretum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Combretum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Combretum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Combretum
JSTOR Plant Science: Combretum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Combretum
Plants of the World Online: Combretum
Tropicos: Combretum
Wikipedia: Combretum