Combretum zeyheri

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|image=Combretum zeyheri, habitus, De Wildt 4x4, a.jpg

|image_caption=Near Johannesburg

|image2=Large-fruited Bushwillow (Combretum zeyheri) fruits (12908109715).jpg

|image2_caption=Winged fruit

|genus=Combretum

|species=zeyheri

|authority=Sond.

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|synonyms={{Collapsible list|

• Combretum antunesii {{small|Engl. & Diels}}
• Combretum bragae {{small|Engl.}}
• Combretum calocarpum {{small|Gilg ex Suess.}}
• Combretum dilembense {{small|De Wild.}}
• Combretum glandulosum {{small|F.Hoffm.}}
• Combretum lopolense {{small|Engl. & Diels}}
• Combretum oblongum {{small|F.Hoffm.}}
• Combretum odontopetalum {{small|Engl. & Diels}}
• Combretum platycarpum {{small|Engl. & Diels}}
• Combretum sankisiense {{small|De Wild.}}
• Combretum sinuatipetalum {{small|De Wild.}}
• Combretum teuszii {{small|Engl. & Diels}}
• Combretum tinctorum {{small|Welw. ex M.A.Lawson}}

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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.{{cite POWO |id=170592-1 |title=Combretum zeyheri Sond. |access-date=23 February 2022 }}{{cite journal |title=Comparative resprouting response of Savanna woody plant species following harvesting: The value of persistence |year=2006 |last1=Neke |first1=Kirsten S. |last2=Owen-Smith |first2=Norman |last3=Witkowski |first3=Ed T.F. |journal=Forest Ecology and Management |volume=232 |issue=1–3 |pages=114–123 |doi=10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.051 |bibcode=2006ForEM.232..114N }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://pza.sanbi.org/combretum-zeyheri |title=Combretum zeyheri Sond. |last1=Malatji |first1=Refilwe Maria |date=May 2015 |website=PlantZAfrica |publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) |access-date=23 February 2022 }}

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.{{Cite journal |last1=Barham |first1=L. |last2=Duller |first2=G. a. T. |last3=Candy |first3=I. |last4=Scott |first4=C. |last5=Cartwright |first5=C. R. |last6=Peterson |first6=J. R. |last7=Kabukcu |first7=C. |last8=Chapot |first8=M. S. |last9=Melia |first9=F. |last10=Rots |first10=V. |last11=George |first11=N. |last12=Taipale |first12=N. |last13=Gethin |first13=P. |last14=Nkombwe |first14=P. |date=20 September 2023 |title=Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago |journal=Nature |volume=622 |issue=7981 |language=en |pages=107–111 |doi=10.1038/s41586-023-06557-9 |pmid=37730994 |s2cid=262084949 |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free |pmc=10550827 |bibcode=2023Natur.622..107B |hdl=10400.1/20204 |hdl-access=free }}