Combretum zeyheriSond.

Large-fruited bushwillowZeyher’s bushwillow

WFO wfo-0000616927 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Combretum zeyheri, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-06-11 / obs. 141007270
Combretum zeyheri, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140482684
Combretum zeyheri, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140600840
Combretum zeyheri, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. d Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136291523
Combretum zeyheri, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. e Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126717144
Combretum zeyheri, photographed by Manuel R Popp
fig. f Manuel R Popp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114652875
Combretum zeyheri, photographed by James Deacon
fig. g James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 116486623
Combretum zeyheri, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. h Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 64955057

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Combretum zeyheri 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 zeyheri, 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 17 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 antunesii Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum bragae Engl.
  • Combretum calocarpum Gilg ex Suess.
  • Combretum dilembense De Wild.
  • Combretum glandulosum F.Hoffm.
  • Combretum lopolense Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum megalocarpum Brenan
  • Combretum oblongum F.Hoffm.
  • Combretum odontopetalum Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum platycarpum Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum rupicola Engl. ex Diels
  • Combretum rupicolum Engl. ex Diels
  • Combretum sankisiense De Wild.
  • Combretum sinuatipetalum De Wild.
  • Combretum teuszii Engl. & Diels
  • Combretum tinctorum Welw. ex M.A.Lawson
  • Combretum zeyheri var. seineri Engl.

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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