Combretaceae
Combretum fruticosum
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Combretum
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- كرمة اللهب البرتقالية
- azb
- کولواری کومبرتوم
- Azerbaijani
- Kolvari kombretum
- Guarani
- Aña kygua
- Portuguese
- Escova de macaco alaranjada, Escova-de-macaco-alaranjada, Flor de fogo, Flor-de-fogo
- Spanish
- Cepillo de mono, Combreto, Flor de cepillo
Synonyms
- Combretum aurantiacum Benth.
- Combretum benthamianum Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
- Combretum farinosum var. phaenopetala Donn.Sm.
- Combretum formosum G.Don
- Combretum gloriosum Rusby
- Combretum lepidopetalum Pittier
- Combretum loeflingii Eichler
- Combretum loeflingii subsp. ornithophilum Suess.
- Combretum micropetalum DC.
- Combretum multidiscum Rusby
- Combretum occidentale L.
- Combretum oxypetalum G.Don
- Combretum phaenopetalum (Donn.Sm.) Pittier
- Combretum reticulatum C.Presl
- Combretum secundum Jacq.
- Combretum superbum Pittier
- Combretum tetragonum Presl ex Steud.
- Combretum tetragonum C.Presl
- Combretum trinitense Britton
- Combretum wandurraganum R.E.Schult.
- Combretum warszewiczianum Eichler
- Gaura fruticosa Loefl.
- Gaura laxa Loefl.
- Poivrea phaneropetala (Donn.Sm.) H.Perrier
Flowers
- In flower
- August to September, November to February (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Noel Leindekar, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Everton Diego, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ana Carolina Soares, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Aguerrido Guillermo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Maria Luiza Rocha, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.