Paibal / White Combretum
Combretum roxburghii
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Paibal
Identify Paibal 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: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Combretaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Paibal.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Combretum roxburghii
- Genus
- Combretum
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Open deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Paibal itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Paibal, Punk
- Bengali
- Alang, Alena
- Kannada
- ಬೊಂತತೀಗೆ Bontateege
About Paibal
White Combretum (Combretum roxburghii) belongs to the Combretaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and 3 other states. It grows in open deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Paibal belongs to the Combretaceae family.
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