Radha Manoharam (double petal)

Description

• Rangoon creeper Botanically known as Combretum indicum from Combretaceae family. Common name are Rangoon creeper, Burma creeper, Chinese honeysuckle, Madhu Malati, Rangunachavel, Rangoon-ki-bel, Lal Malti,  Irangunmalati, Radha manoharam etc. It is a perennial evergreen flowering vine & it requires trelling or chain like fencing for growing over it.  It can be grown in big pots/containers and it is a double petal with fragrant flowers.

• A beautiful tropical climber. Its mild fragrance and ease of growing make it popular & also planted near temples – especially in South India. Clambering shrub with soft light green wirey stems that later turn woody, it have pubescent(hairy)leaves. Interesting about this plant is beautiful fragrant flowers with petals, it is red when in bud and opens as white but later changes to pink.

• The dried seeds of Rangoon Creeper are beneficial to treat intestinal worms and parasites. In the Philippines, the fruits of Combretum Indicum are consumed to treat cough and crushed fruits and seeds are externally applied to alleviate nephritis. A decoction made from the leaves is prescribed for abdominal pain.