Combretum fruticosum

This is a tropical twining vine with slender leaves; it can grow up to 20 feet tall, but can be pruned to a shrub.

It has long showy red tubular flowers in 4 - 6 inch long clusters like a toothbrush, giving the vine a multi - colored appearance. Can be grown indoors in a container.

Similar plants:

• Combretum apiculatum (Red Bushwillow)
• Combretum aubletii (Monkey's brush)
• Combretum caffrum (Riverbushwillow, African bush willow, Cape Bushwillow, Bushveld willow)
• Combretum constrictum (Thailand Powderpuff, Ball of Fire)
• Combretum erythrophyllum (Bush willow)
• Combretum grandiflorum (Showy combretum)
• Combretum indicum, Quisqualis indica (Rangoon Creeper, Burma Creeper, Chinese Honeysuckle)
• Combretum kraussii (Forest Bushwillow )
• Combretum microphyllum, Combretum paniculatum subsp. microphyllum (Flame Creeper, Burning Bush)
• Combretum padoides (Thicket Bushwillow)