Common name: Monkey Brush vine
Botanical name: Combretum rotundifolium Family: Combretaceae (rangoon creeper family)
Synonyms: Combretum aubletii
Native to South America, Monkey’s brush is a vine sporting
vivid orange-red inflorescences at the tips of the branches. Elongated
powder-puff flowers are multi-colored: yellow, orange, and red. When in bloom,
this vining shrub is all covered with them, looks like a fire. It is somewhat
similar to its cousine Flame Vine, but has
much more prominant blooms.
| Photographed in Maharashtra |
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
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ntroduced