Combretum zeyheri, the large-fruited bushwillow or Zeyher's bushwillow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae, usually found growing on acidic or sandy soils in tropical African savannas. A small to medium-sized tree, its roots are used as a source of material for making baskets and as a traditional medicine for haemorrhoids.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Largefruit Bushwillow being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Combretum apiculatum
- Combretum collinum
- Combretum molle
- Philenoptera nelsii
- Terminalia argentea
- Combretum hereroense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Combretum
- Species
- Combretum zeyheri
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