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<big>''[[Combretum schumannii]]'' Engl.</big>
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[[File:Map Combretum schumannii.gif|thumb|distribution in Africa (wild)]]
[[File:Linedrawing Combretum schumannii.gif|thumb|1, tree habit; 2, leafy twig; 3, flower in longitudinal section; 4, fruit. Redrawn and adapted by Achmad Satiri Nurhaman]]
[[File:Combretum schumannii xs A. Campbell - P.E. Gasson.jpg|thumb|wood in transverse section]]
[[File:Combretum schumannii tls A. Campbell - P.E. Gasson.jpg|thumb|wood in tangential section]]
[[File:Combretum schumannii rls A. Campbell - P.E. Gasson.jpg|thumb|wood in radial section]]
:Protologue: Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 289 (1895).
== Synonyms ==
*''Combretum engleri'' Schinz (1901).
== Vernacular names ==
*Forest tree combretum, sand bushwillow (En). *Mgurure, mpera-mwitu, mgongolo (Sw).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Description ==
*Deciduous shrub or small to medium-sized tree up to 20(–30) m tall; bole often crooked or fluted, up to 60(–80) cm in diameter; bark surface pale yellowish brown to brown, scaling off in large, elongate flakes, inner bark pinkish with paler streaks, exuding a thick whitish sap; crown open; twigs slender, nearly glabrous. *Leaves opposite, simple and entire; stipules absent; petiole up to 1 cm long, slender; blade elliptical to oblong-elliptical, ovate or obovate, (2–)6–12(–15) cm × (1–)2–4.5(–7.5) cm, cuneate to rounded at base, rounded to obtuse or short-acuminate at apex, papery, slightly warty and scaly, pinnately veined with 3–8 pairs of lateral veins. *Inflorescence a short axillary spike up to 1.5 cm long, sticky. *Flowers bisexual, regular, 4-merous, pale yellow, scented, sessile; receptacle consisting of 2 parts, lower part 1–1.5 mm long, upper part 1.5–2.5 mm long, with 4 pouch-like swellings; sepals shallowly triangular, indistinct; petals free, nearly orbicular, 1.5–2 mm long, glabrous; stamens 8, free, c. 5 mm long; ovary inferior, 1-celled, style c. 5 mm long. *Fruit a 4-winged nut, ovoid to nearly orbicular in outline, 3–4 cm long, with 1–2 cm long stipe and c. 1 cm broad wings, green turning pale brown, indehiscent, 1-seeded. *Seedling with epigeal germination, with sessile kidney-shaped cotyledons.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* D. Dongock Nguemo , Département des Sciences Biologiques, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Ngaoundéré, B.P. 454, Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
== Correct citation of this article ==
Dongock Nguemo, D., 2009. '''Combretum schumannii''' Engl. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D. & Oteng-Amoako, A.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>.
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