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Combretum farinosum

Combretum farinosum
Photo: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0

Combretum farinosum is a climbing shrub or bushwillow from seasonally dry tropical Mexico and Central America. It is mainly known for its use as a perfume ingredient, and it is grown in warm, frost-free conditions.

Family
Combretaceae (Combret family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry between waterings; reduce sharply in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18-32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico to C. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Combretum farinosum is a species of bushwillow in the genus Combretum, native to Central and South America. The species was first described Carl Sigismund Kunth.

The plant is widely used as perfume ingredient in cosmetics.

Other Combretum plants

Combretum aculeatum · Combretum albidum · Red bushwillow · Jesse Bush Combretum · Powderpuff Combretum · Combretum echirense · Forest Climbing Bushwillow · Bushveld Willow · Combretum fruticosum · Combretum glaucocarpum · Combretum glutinosum · Russet bushwillow

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Combretum farinosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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