Combretaceae
Burma creeper
Combretum indicum
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Combretum
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Common names
By language (37)
- Arabic
- كيكوال هندي, كويس كواليس
- arz
- كيكوال هندى
- Assamese
- মালতী
- Bangla
- মাধুরীলতা, মধুমঞ্জরী
- Burmese
- ထားဝယ်မှိုင်း, ဓဝယ်မှိုင်း
- Cantonese
- 使君子
- Chinese
- 使君子, 直立使君子, 毛使君子, 西蜀使君子, 四川使君子
- Czech
- Hranoplod indický
- dty
- मधुमालती फूल
- English
- Burma creeper, Rangoon creeper
- Filipino
- Niyog-niyogan
- Finnish
- Koukkuköynnös
- French
- Caractère des hommes, Liane vermifuge
- German
- Rangunschlinger, Rangun-Schlinger
- Hebrew
- אלמון הודי
- Hindi
- मधुमालती
- Indonesian
- Ceguk
- Japanese
- シクンシ
- Javanese
- Wedani
- Korean
- 사군자
- lah
- سہرا ویل
- lzh
- 使君子
- Malay
- Akar dani, Wudani
- Malayalam
- യശോദപ്പൂ, Chinese honeysuckle, Rangoon Creeper, കുലമറിച്ചി
- Marathi
- मधुमालती
- Nepali
- मधुमालती फूल
- pam
- Bawebawe
- Russian
- Квисквалис индийский
- Spanish
- Arbusto milagroso, Piscuala, Quiscual, Quiscualis
- Sundanese
- Bidani
- Swedish
- Druckne sjömannen
- szy
- Nipaluma-atipelec
- Tamil
- இரங்கூன் மல்லி, குவிஸ்க்வாலிஸ் இண்டிகா லின்
- Telugu
- రాధా మనోహరం, రంగూన్ మల్లి
- Thai
- เล็บมือนาง
- Tongan
- Kalonikakala
- Vietnamese
- Sử quân tử
Synonyms
- Kleinia quadricolor Crantz
- Mekistus sinensis Lour. ex Gomes Mach.
- Quisqualis ebracteata P.Beauv.
- Quisqualis glabra Burm.f.
- Quisqualis grandiflora Miq.
- Quisqualis indica L.
- Quisqualis indica var. oxypetala Kurz
- Quisqualis indica var. villosa C.B.Clarke
- Quisqualis indica var. villosa (Roxb.) Kurz
- Quisqualis longiflora C.Presl
- Quisqualis loureiroi G.Don
- Quisqualis madagascariensis Bojer
- Quisqualis obovata Schumach. & Thonn.
- Quisqualis pubescens Burm.f.
- Quisqualis sinensis Lindl.
- Quisqualis spinosa Blanco
- Quisqualis villosa Roxb.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to January (from 414 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheryl Stinchcomb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: insect ID, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vladislav Isaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Huey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rajeesh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.