- Family:
- Combretaceae R.Br.
- Genus:
- Combretum Loefl.
Combretum sericeum G.Don

[FWTA]
Combretaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954
- Morphology General Habit
- Suffrutex, with tough woody underground stem, sending up erect annual shoots, to 2 ft. high, after grass fires
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow, or pink, or red
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit pink, becoming pale brown.
[FWTA]
Combretaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954
- Morphology General Habit
- Suffrutex, to 18 in. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow.
[FTEA]
Combretaceae, G. E. Wickens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1973
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrublet usually ± 15–30 cm. high, but sometimes a shrub up to 3 m. (not in Flora area), with a thick woody rhizome, often flowering when leafless (not in Flora area); branchlets tomentose to glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, sub-opposite or alternate or occasionally 3-verticillate; lamina 1–4 cm. long, 1.4–5 cm. wide, extremely variable in size and shape (from subcircular to very narrowly elliptic) and in indumentum (glabrous to densely tomentose).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence and flowers 4-merous, indistinguishable from those of C. paniculatum.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit (fig. 7/30, p. 51) as in C. paniculatum but more elliptic and rarely subcircular, sometimes up to 5.5 cm. long and 3.5 cm. wide, often with a distinct apical peg 2–6 mm. long.
- Distribution
- T4 T7
[FZ]
Combretaceae, A. W. Exell. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrublet usually c. 15–30 cm. high but occasionally a shrub up to 3 m. (probably intermediates with C. paniculatum) with a thick woody rhizome, often leafless when flowering on annually produced shoots; bark grey-brown to grey-black; branchlets tomentose to glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate or occasionally 3-verticillate; lamina from 1 x 1·4 cm. to 10 x 5 cm. extremely variable in size and shape (from subcircular to very narrowly elliptic) and in indumentum (glabrous to densely tomentose).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences and flowers (red) indistinguishable from those of C. paniculatum.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits as in C. paniculatum and C. micorphyllum but more elliptic and rarely subcircular, sometimes up to 5·5 x 3·5 cm. often with a distinct apical peg and stipe 2·6 mm. long.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Combretum arenarium Portères
- Combretum argyrochryseum Engl. & Gilg
- Combretum herbaceum G.Don
- Combretum katangense De Wild.
- Combretum lineare Keay
- Combretum parvulum Engl. & Diels
- Combretum platypetalum Welw. ex M.A.Lawson
- Combretum simulans Portères
- Combretum turbinatum F.Hoffm.
- Combretum zastrowii Dinter
- Poivrea sericea Walp.
Combretum sericeum G.Don appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 1, 1993 | Guinea | K000232618 | syntype | No | |
Vogel [s.n.], Sierra Leone | K000226270 | Yes | |||
Schivoner [107], Burkina Faso | K000211914 | No | |||
Schweinfurth, G. [4], Sudan | Combretum parvulum | K000226443 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1961 | Johnston, H.H. [s.n.], Angola | Combretum platypetalum | K000226603 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1961 | Welwitsch [4356], Angola | Combretum platypetalum | K000226604 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Jan 1, 1961 | Dinter [7190] | Combretum platypetalum | K000226624 | Yes | |
Brenan, J.P.M. [7670], Zambia | Combretum platypetalum | 25169.000 | No |
First published in Edinburgh Philos. J. 11: 847 (1824)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
- Jongkind, C.C.H. (2014). Notes on African Combretum Loefl. Species (Combretaceae) Adansonia, sér. 3, 36: 315-327.
- Lebrun, J.p., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Hook. Fl. Nigrit. 341 (1849)
- Keay in Kew Bull. 1950: 255, 256.
- in Edin. Phil. Journ. 11: 347 (1824)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Jongkind, C.C.H. (2014). Notes on African Combretum Loefl. Species (Combretaceae) Adansonia, sér. 3, 36: 315-327.
- Lebrun, J.p., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
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