Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps

Common Name: Rangoon Creeper, Drunken Sailor, Akar Dani
Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps is a perennial liana that is native to tropical Asia. A woody climber. It climbs by means of hooks and can grow up to 8m tall. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs along the stem and are elliptic to elliptic-oblong in shape, it is abaxially pilose and adaxially glabrous except for the mid-vein which is brown and pilose. The leaf petiole is modified into a thorny grappling hook as a climbing aid. Leaves measure about 5 – 18 cm by 2.5 – 7 cm. Recemose inflorescence with pink, red and white flowers.

References
1. Gentallan Jr RP, Bartolome MCP, Cejalvo RD, Timog EBS, Altoveros NC, Borromeo, TH, Endonela LE (2021) Morphological variations in Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps from the Philippines. Genetic Resource & Crop Evolution. 68, 451–456
2. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/4/6/4630