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Combretum trifoliatum (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Combretum trifoliatum]]'' Vent.</big>
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:Protologue: Choix pl.: t. 58 (1808).
== Synonyms ==
*''Combretum lucidum'' Blume (1825).
== Vernacular names ==
== Uses ==
In Peninsular Malaysia, the seeds are traded as a vermifuge against ''Ascaris'' . In Cambodia, the roasted seeds mixed with maize, ground and made into pills are chewed as a tonic for the gums and a remedy for angina. The juice is used for dysentery.
== Observations ==
*A climbing or scrambling shrub up to 5 m tall, young branches fulvous-pubescent, glabrescent; leaves .*Leaves usually 3-4(-5)-verticellate, elliptical to lanceolate, 8-16 cm × 3-5.5 cm, base slightly rounded, apex acute and mucronulate, shiny above with brown hairy domatia below, petiole 4-7 mm long, glabrescent, nigrescent; inflorescence .*Inflorescence an axillary or terminal panicle, 8-20 cm long, consisting of 2-5 cm long spikes, flowers .*Flowers in whorls of 3, 5-merous, protogynous, sweet-scented, lower receptacle densely pubescent, upper receptacle shallow-cupuliform, petals narrowly elliptical, densely pubescent, white or yellowish-white; pseudocarp .*Pseudocarp sessile, ellipsoid, glabrous, shiny black-brown, 3-3.5 cm × 1-1.2 cm, with (4-)5(-6) rigid wings, 3-4 mm broad. ''C. trifoliatum'' is found in frequently flooded areas at low elevations, along banks of watercourses, in bush or forest, borders of teak forest, on limestone or alluvial clay, in everwet and seasonal climates, locally common.
== Selected sources ==''C. trifoliatum'' is found in frequently flooded areas at low elevations, along banks of watercourses, in bush or forest, borders of teak forest, on limestone or alluvial clay, in everwet and seasonal climates, locally common.
74, 91,== Selected sources ==
* [74] Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1964—1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol. 1 (1964) 647 pp., Vol. 2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.*[91] Bassene, E., Olschwang, D. & Pousset, J.L., 1987. African medicinal plants XXIII. Flavonoids of Combretum micranthum G. Don (Kinkeliba). Plantes Médicinales et Phytothérapie 21(2): 173—176.*[135] Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-HA—H) pp. 1-12401—1240, Vol. 2 (I-ZI—Z) pp. 12411241—2444.*[223] d'Agostino, M., Biagi, C., de Feo, V. Zollo, F. & Pizza, C., 1990. Flavonoids of Combretum micranthum. Fitoterapia 61(5): 477.*[589] Lecompte, O., 1969. Combretaceae. In: Tardieu-2444Blot, M.-L. (Editor): Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viêtnam [Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam]. Vol. 10. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. 119 pp.*[786] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.*[788] Pételot, A., 1952—1954. Les plantes médicinales du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam [The medicinal plants of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam]. 4 volumes. Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques, Saigon, Vietnam.
223, 589, 786, 788.== Main genus page ==*[[Combretum (PROSEA)|''Combretum'']]
== Authors ==
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