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Combretum mossambicense
Also called Knobbly Creeper, Mozambique Combretum, Shavingbrush Bushwillow, Shavingbrush Combretum, Spiny Climbing Bushwillow, Knobbly Climbing Bushwillow
Knobbly Combretum is a scrambling, climbing shrub from seasonally dry tropical Africa, with a range from Kenya to northern Namibia. It is rarely grown as a houseplant and is mainly a wild species, so care advice below is general and most useful for outdoor or conservatory cultivation in warm climates.
Combretum mossambicense is a climbing shrub occurring in Eastern Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Combretum mossambicense 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.
