''Combretum leprosum'', the mofumbo in Portuguese and the asucaró in eastern Bolivian Spanish, is a plant species in the genus ''

Combretum ''Combretum'', the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but the ...

'' found throughout the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Boli ...

. This plant contains

combretastatin A-4 Combretastatin A-4 is a combretastatin and a stilbenoid. It can be isolated from '' Combretum caffrum'', the Eastern Cape South African bushwillow tree or in '' Combretum leprosum'', the mofumbo, a species found in Brazil. Function Tubulin repr ...

. 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.

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leprosum Flora of Brazil Plants described in 1841 {{Myrtales-stub