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Botanical Name: Combretum indicum
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Family: Combretaceae
Common Name: Rangoon creeper
Etymology - Genus: Latin name for a climbing plant of another genus
Etymology - Species: Of or from India (although this vine is from Myanmar)
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Foreign
Location: India
Description: Large woody liana. Grows vigorously by winding itself against a support or another plant, twiner. Simple leaf, arranged opposite and superposed. Leaf is very soft.Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes.Flowers are on a long calyx tube. Initially white, then turn pink and then red, fragrant.Very attractive 5 petals. 10 Stamens are arranged in two rows.Does not fruit in India.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Liana
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Large woody liana. Grows vigorously by winding itself against a support or another plant, twiner.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, arranged opposite and superposed. Leaf is very soft.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Rounded
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description:
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 22-Mar-2022 09:20 AM
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Incomplete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Valvate
Flower Description: Flowers are on a long calyx tube. Initially white, then turn pink and then red, fragrant.
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: 5 free petals
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Very attractive 5 petals. 10 Stamens are arranged in two rows.
Fruit type:
Fruit type Description: Does not fruit in India.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: -
Dispersion Method: -
Preprocessing for germination: -
Germination time: -
Seed shelf life: -
Germination %: -
Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
