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Rangoon Creeper
Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

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Rangoon Creeper

Combretum indicum (L.) De Filipps

Names

EnglishRangoon Creeper
DutchQuisqualis indica
SpanishPiscuala
Chinese使君子
Scientific nameCombretum indicum (L.) De Filipps

About this species

Combretum indicum, commonly known as the Rangoon creeper or Burma creeper, is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia and grows in thickets, primary and secondary forest, and along river banks in the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia and the Philippines. It has since been cultivated and naturalized in tropical areas such as Burma, Vietnam, and Thailand.

This plant is grown as an ornament.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMyrtales
FamilyCombretaceae
GenusCombretum

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