Combretum latifolium Blume

 
  • Family : COMBRETACEAE
    (Combretum Or Indian Almond Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARJUN FAMILY (अर्जुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COMBRETACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Combretum latifolium Blume
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
  • Flower, Fruit : December-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district
    • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district)
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia, India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Checklist of Taminl Nadu by Karuppusamy S.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Combretum latifolium. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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