Combretum indicum

• Botanical Name : Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps
• Synonyms : Quisqualis indica L.
• Common Name : Madhumalti, Rangoon Vel, Rangoon Creeper
• Plant Family : Combretaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12-16, 18-24, 26-30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Infocity, Van Chetana Kendra, Aranya Van

About Combretum indicum Plant :

• Habit : A scandant, deciduous climbing shrub, climbs by means of hard, hook-like petioles of fallen leaves.
• Leaves : Elliptic, acuminate, upper opposite, lower alternate, entire, base subcordate.
• Inflorescence : Drooping spikes.
• Flowers :
  • White at first, changing into orange, pink and red, bracts ovate.
  • Calyx-tube green and slender about 3 in. long, above the ovary, teeth 5, deciduous.
  • Petals 5, white changing to pink-red, ovate-oblong, alternating with calyx-teeth, episepalous.
  • Stamens 10, episepalous.
  • Ovary ovate-oblong, ovules 4, style filiform, exerted.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : March - August
• Significance :
  • Common in the gardens.
  • It is one of the most profuse of bloomers and grows very quickly and luxuriantly.