Kojambe Balli / Large Leaved Climbing Bushwillow
Combretum latifolium
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- December-April
How to identify Kojambe Balli
Identify Kojambe Balli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Combretaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kojambe Balli.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Combretum latifolium
- Genus
- Combretum
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kojambe Balli itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಕೊಜಂಬೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kojambe balli
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞൾവള്ളി manna-valli
- Marathi
- मोठा पिळुक motha piluk
About Kojambe Balli
Large Leaved Climbing Bushwillow (Combretum latifolium) is a woody climber in the Combretaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 4 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from December to April.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Kojambe Balli belongs to the Combretaceae family.
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