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Combretaceae
Rangoon Creeper
Combretum indicum
Transformation, as flowers shift color with age.
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Combretum
- Native to
- Southeast Asia, India, Philippines
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Type
- woody vine
- Height
- up to 8 m
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- fertile, well-drained
- Water
- medium
- Hardiness
- 10–12
- Lifespan
- long-lived perennial vine
Did you know
- Individual flowers change from white to pink to red over three days, so a single cluster shows all three colors.
- The color change is caused by increasing acidity in the petals as the flower ages.
- The flowers are intensely fragrant at night to attract moth pollinators.
- In traditional Asian medicine, the seeds have been used as a deworming treatment for centuries.
- It was named 'Rangoon creeper' by British colonists who first encountered it in Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar.
Color meanings
White
youth and innocence
Pink
maturation
Red
passionate fullness