Biology:Combretum rotundifolium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Combretum rotundifolium
Combretum rotundifolium.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Combretum
Species:
C. rotundifolium
Binomial name
Combretum rotundifolium
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Synonyms

Combretum elegans Kunth[1]

Combretum rotundifolium, the monkey brush or monkey brush vine, is a plant species in the genus Combretum found in South America.

Combretum rotundifolium contains acidic dammarane arabinofuranosides.[2]

The bright yellow/red flowers are the decoration of the interior where the color green is in abundance. When in blossom the flower buds will slowly burst open giving this exotic vine its 'monkey brush' appearance.

References

  1. Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 109–110 1823
  2. Acidic dammarane arabinofuranosides from Combretum rotundifolium. C.B. Rogers, Phytochemistry, Volume 40, Issue 3, October 1995, Pages 833–836, doi:10.1016/0031-9422(95)00345-8
  • Cambess. Fl. Bras. Merid. (quarto ed.) 2(17): 247, pl. 129 1829 [1830]

Wikidata ☰ Q5150963 entry