Combretum apiculatumSond.

Red bushwillow

WFO wfo-0000616083 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. a Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-06 / obs. 175049106
Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140744869
Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139792521
Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139792586
Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139803431
Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139808072
Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139074044
Combretum apiculatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138718803

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Combretum apiculatum is native: Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCaprivi StripDR CongoEswatiniKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Combretum apiculatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Caprivi Strip CPV
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Combretum apiculatum f. sulphureum Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Combretum apiculatum f. viscosum Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Combretum apiculatum subsp. boreale Exell
  • Combretum apiculatum var. parvifolium Baker f.
  • Combretum apiculatum var. pilosiusculum Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum apiculatum var. sulphureum (Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Dümmer
  • Combretum apiculatum var. viscosum (Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Dümmer
  • Combretum buchananii Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum kwebense N.E.Br.
  • Combretum leutweini Schinz
  • Combretum ukamense Engl. & Diels

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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