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Combretum leprosum

Combretum leprosum
Photo: Rapper Ouriço, Public domain
Family
Combretaceae (Combret family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Bolivia to Brazil and Argentina (Formosa)
Climate
subtropical

About

Combretum leprosum, the mofumbo in Portuguese and the asucaró in eastern Bolivian Spanish, is a plant species in the genus Combretum found throughout the Amazon Basin.

This plant contains combretastatin A-4.

Other Combretum plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Combretum leprosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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