Combretum indicum

Rangoon creeper ( Quisqualis indica)

The Rangoon creeper ( Combretum indicum ) in other languages ​​English honeysuckle Chinese or Rangoon Creeper, Spanish quiscual, Filipino niyog - niyogan called Hindi Madhu Malti or Madhumalti, is a species of the genus of long filaments ( Combretum ) in the family of wing seed plants ( Combretaceae ).

Description

The Rangoon creeper grows as a vine, so as woody climbing plant that can reach heights of growth of 2.5 up to 8 meters. The bark is hairy yellow. The 5 to 9 millimeters long stalked leaves have a 5 to 18 centimeters long and 2.5 to 7 centimeters wide elliptical leaf blade.

The hermaphroditic, fragrant flowers are fünfzählig. The petals are fused into a 5-9 inch long tube, its color varies from white through yellow to initially then pink to red There are ten stamens present. The ovary is inferior.

The 30 to 35 mm long fruit is elliptical, is initially red, is greenish black or brown when ripe and has five prominent wings. The ripe fruit tastes like almonds.

Occurrence

The areas of Rangoon creeper are at altitudes less than 1500 meters in China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India (including the Andaman Islands ), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, to the coast of East Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, the Pacific Islands and the Philippines. The Rangoon creeper is found in thickets, secondary forests, rain forests and along rivers. This species is now cultivated in all tropical areas as an ornamental plant.

System

Synonyms for Combretum indicum are: Quisqualis indica L., Kleinia quadricolor Crantz, Mekistus sinensis Loureiro ex BAGomes, Ourouparia enormis Yamamoto, Quisqualis NLBurman glabra, Q. grandiflora Miquel, Q. indica var oxypetala short, Q. indica var villosa ( Roxburgh ) CBClarke, Q. longiflora C.Presl, Q. loureiroi G.Don, Q. obovata Schumacher & Thon ning, Q. pubescens NLBurman, Q. sinensis Lindl., Q. spinosa Blanco, Q. villosa Roxburgh.

Use

Various plant parts are used in traditional medicine. The fruits are used as a vermifuge, wraps from the leaves are regarded as painkillers. A curative effect of ingredients of this species has been confirmed in studies at the German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg in several tumor cell lines.

Swell

• Jie Chen & Nicholas J. Turland: Combretaceae in the Flora of China, Volume 13, 2007, p 315: Quisqualis indica - Online. ( Description section )