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Taxon:
Combretum indicum
(L.) DeFilipps
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Combretum
Family:
Combretaceae
Subfamily:
Combretoideae
Tribe:
Combreteae
Subtribe:
Combretinae
Nomen number:
412158
Place of publication:
Useful plants of the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies 277. 1998
Verified:
02/08/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Quisqualis indica
L.
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Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P.
2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51:155.
Note:
lists as
Combretum indicum
(L.) Jongk.
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
1961-. Flore du Gabon.
Note:
lists as
Combretum indicum
(L.) Jongk.
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Note:
lists as
Combretum indicum
(L.) Jongk.
Common names
English
quisqualis –
Reference(s)
Rangoon-creeper –
Reference(s)
German
indischer Sonderling –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
arbusto-milagroso –
Reference(s)
Spanish
quiscual –
Reference(s)
Santa Cecilia –
Reference(s)
Swedish
druckne sjömannen –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
shi jun zi –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hunan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangxi Sheng
s.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Singapore
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Mali
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Fujian Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng (s.), Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Malaysia
,
Philippines
,
Singapore
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
fide Dict Gard, as
Quisqualis indica
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicines
source of quisqualic acid
fide Import Medicinal Pl, as
Quisqualis indica
; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):423. 1999, as
Quisqualis indica
; Herbs Commerce ed2, as
Quisqualis indica
Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Name
References