Rangoon creeper

CLIMBERS / CREEPERS PLANTS

Rangoon creeper

COMMON NAME: Rangoon Creeper or Madhumalati vine

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Combretium indicum

FAMILY: Combretaceae

SOIL: Grows in a wide range of soil with good drainage.

ORIGIN: Tropical Asia

PLANT HEIGHT: 5 to 8 inches

PROPAGATION: Done through stem cuttings.

REPOTTING: Transfer the plants to a bigger size pot compared to the last grown pot when roots grow over drainage holes.

PRUNING: To get bushy growth pinching back growing tips of young vines.

  • Decoctions of the root, seed, or fruit have medicinal value.
  • Rangoon creeper plants provide shade and also decorative value to your house.
  • Fast growing easy care creeper plant.
  • Rangoon creeper plants require 6-12 inches of the pot to grow.
  • Use well-drained soil preferably sandy loam to clay loam.
  • This plant requires a regular interval of watering one day in summer, and three days once in winter.
  • The sunlight requirement for this plant is direct sunlight for about 6 hours.
  • In the growing season feed the plant with any organic fertilizer like cow manure or onion peel extract.