Combretum zeyheri

Combretum zeyheri, the large-fruited bushwillow or Zeyher's bushwillow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae, usually found growing on acidic or sandy soils in tropical African savannas.^[1][2] A small to medium-sized tree, its roots are used as a source of material for making baskets and as a traditional medicine for haemorrhoids.^[3]

Combretum zeyheri
Near Johannesburg
Winged fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Combretaceae
Genus:	Combretum
Species:	C. zeyheri
Binomial name
Combretum zeyheri Sond.
Synonyms[1]
List Combretum antunesii Engl. & Diels Combretum bragae Engl. Combretum calocarpum Gilg ex Suess. Combretum dilembense De Wild. Combretum glandulosum F.Hoffm. Combretum lopolense Engl. & Diels Combretum oblongum F.Hoffm. Combretum odontopetalum Engl. & Diels Combretum platycarpum Engl. & Diels Combretum sankisiense De Wild. Combretum sinuatipetalum De Wild. Combretum teuszii Engl. & Diels Combretum tinctorum Welw. ex M.A.Lawson

Two interlocking wooden logs from a large-fruited bushwillow, connected by a notch, comprise the Kalambo structure. Located at Kalambo Falls, Zambia, and dating to roughly 476,000 years ago, the Kalambo structure is the oldest known wooden structure.^[4]