Combretum kraussii Hochst.

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Synonyms:	Combretum lucidum E. Mey. ex Drège Combretum nelsonii Dummer Combretum woodii Dummer
Common names:	Forest bushwillow (English)
Frequency:	Local
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, often bright red in winter, narrowly to broadly elliptic or obovate-elliptic, up to 9 cm long, mostly hairless; margin entire but wavy; petiole 2-7 mm long. There is often a flush of smaller new whitish leaves subtending the inflorescences, replaced by green leaves later on. Flowers, up to 50 in dense axillary heads 2.5-4 cm long, greenish- or creamy-white. Fruit up to 2 × 2 cm, 4-winged, yellowish with dark red wings.
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Habitat:	In forest and along forest margins.
Altitude range:	Up to 800 m
Flowering time:	Aug - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 2 January 2016
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 671. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 804. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 46. Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 114. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 462 - 466. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 332 - 333. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 390 - 394. (Includes a picture).

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