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Combretum zeyheri
Also called Zeyher’s bushwillow, Large Fruited Combretum, Largefruit Bushwillow, Zeyher's Bushwillow
Combretum zeyheri is a small to medium-sized savanna tree from the bushwillow family, native from Kenya to South Africa. It grows best in sunny, well-drained, sandy or acidic soil in warm, seasonally dry climates.
Combretum zeyheri, the large-fruited bushwillow or Zeyher's bushwillow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae, usually found growing on acidic or sandy soils in tropical African savannas. A small to medium-sized tree, its roots are used as a source of material for making baskets and as a traditional medicine for haemorrhoids.
Two interlocking wooden logs from a large-fruited bushwillow, connected by a notch, comprise the Kalambo structure. Located at Kalambo Falls, Zambia, and dating to roughly 476,000 years ago, the Kalambo structure is the oldest known wooden structure.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Combretum zeyheri 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.
