Combretum leprosum

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Mofumbo.jpg

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|genus = Combretum

|species = leprosum

|authority = Mart.

|synonyms = Combretum hassleranum Chodat

Combretum leptostachyum Mart.

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Combretum leprosum, the mofumbo in Portuguese and the asucaró in eastern Bolivian Spanish, is a plant species in the genus Combretum found throughout the Amazon Basin.

This plant contains combretastatin A-4.Determination of Combretastatin A-4 in Combretum leprosum. SCN Queiroz, MR Assalin, S Nobre, IS Melo, RM Moraes, VL Ferracini and AL Cerdeira, Planta Med, 2010, volume 76, pages 53, {{doi|10.1055/s-0030-1251815}}

In many areas of the eastern Bolivian countryside, people have traditionally maintained specimens of these trees and encouraged their proliferation because they are perceived to be useful providers of shade.{{Cite book|title=Diccionario enciclopédico cruceño|last=Coimbra Sanz|first=Germán|publisher=Fondo Editorial del Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Santa Cruz de la Sierra|year=2014|location=Santa Cruz de la Sierra|pages=42}}