Mazhar Botanic Garden

Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps

Rangoon Creeper

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000266
English name: Rangoon Creeper
Arabic name: كويسكوالس
Native: India- Burma
Country: Burma India
(PGR): Rare

Climbing to 2-8 m tall leaves simple, elliptic flowers  fragrant, tubular and their color varies from red and with age turn pink and then white  

Soil:  Succeeds in a range of well-drained soils so long as they are not too fertile, since this will lead to foliage growth at the expense of flowering

The plant is a popular traditional medicine and is also grown as an ornamental hedge.

Quisqualis indica L

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Texture: Chalk Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Cuttings, suckers
Flowering time: Summer and autumn
Zone: 10
pH range: 5.6-8.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Deciduous
pH: Acid Alkaline

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