Rangoon Creeper
Quisqualis indica
Also known as Burma creeper, Chinese honeysuckle, Rangoon creeper
About Rangoon Creeper
Combretum indicum, commonly known as the Rangoon creeper or Burma creeper, is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia and grows in thickets, primary and secondary forest, and along river banks in the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia and the Philippines. It has since been cultivated and naturalized in tropical areas such as Burma, Vietnam, and Thailand. This plant is grown as an ornament.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Quisqualis indica
- Genus
- Quisqualis
- Family
- COMBRETACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Rangoon Creeper belongs to the Combretaceae family.
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