Family: CombretaceaeLocal name(Telugu): Bandamurgudu, pottangi, Banda puvvu.Distribution: Found in hill side forests, Found in South east Asia and MalaysiaLarge straggling shrubs, looking elegant in bloom, Branchlets tomentose, Leaves opposite,elliptic-ovate, base obtuse or subcordate, tomentose beneath, Flowers light green in dense axillary or terminal racemes;Calyx tube 5 partite, lobes recurved, persistant, petals 0, stamens 10 in 2 whorls adnate to calyx lobes, short 5 stamens opposite and long 5 alternate to calyx lobes, ovary inferior 1 celled, ovules 3, stigma simple. Fruit one seeded. Reference: Flora of presidency of Madras by J.S Gamble, ENVIS, Flora of Nellore district By B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao
Better known as C. fruticosum. Widespread liana in the Neotropics under names such as Flor de Fuego. Flowers will turn red while aging. Photo from near Minca, Colombia.
This pantropical tree is known as Sea Almond for the shape of its seed pods. One of its coastal habits, to expoit open areas, is for the trunk to lie flat and let each stem form a "tree" on it own right. Photo from Boca del Tora area, Panama.