Combretum molleR.Br. ex G.Don

WFO wfo-0000616553 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Combretum molle, photographed by Dave Richardson
fig. a Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-21 / obs. 189589951
Combretum molle, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. b Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189092427
Combretum molle, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. c Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183852428
Combretum molle, photographed by Ronald Olivier
fig. d Ronald Olivier, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177449031
Combretum molle, photographed by Philani Hadebe
fig. e Philani Hadebe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 170290685
Combretum molle, photographed by Andrew Deacon
fig. f Andrew Deacon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 173245825
Combretum molle, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. g Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165390356
Combretum molle, photographed by Innes Buchner
fig. h Innes Buchner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 165794971

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Native range 39 botanical countries

Regions where Combretum molle is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Yemen AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDjiboutiDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweSaudi ArabiaYemen
Native distribution of Combretum molle, 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
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

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.

Flowering 34 in flower of 168 examined

Peak flowering in Sep. Each bar is the share of Combretum molle observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 34 of 168 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 3 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 47 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 ankolense Bagsh.
  • Combretum arbuscula Engl. & Gilg
  • Combretum arengense Sim
  • Combretum atelanthum Diels
  • Combretum boehmii Engl.
  • Combretum bricchettii Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum dekindtiana Engl.
  • Combretum deserti Engl.
  • Combretum ellipticum Sim
  • Combretum ferrugineum A.Rich.
  • Combretum galpinii Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum gondense F.Hoffm.
  • Combretum gueinzii Sond.
  • Combretum gueinzii subsp. splendens (Engl.) Exell ex Brenan
  • Combretum gueinzii var. holosericeum (Sond.) Exell ex Rendle
  • Combretum hobol Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum holosericeum Sond.
  • Combretum holtzii Diels
  • Combretum insculptum Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum lepidotum A.Rich.
  • Combretum microlepidotum Engl.
  • Combretum minimipetalum Chiov.
  • Combretum nyikae Engl.
  • Combretum obtusatum Engl. & Diels

and 23 more.

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. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.