Combretum apiculatum is a species of tree in the family Combretaceae known by the common name red bushwillow.

This is a semi-deciduous tree growing up to 10 meters tall, or sometimes a shrub remaining shorter.

It has rough gray-black bark with fissures, and the smaller branches may be woolly in texture.

They bear yellow or green flowers with tiny sepals and petals, and with style and stamens about half a centimeter long.

leutweinii, which occurs from Namibia to Malawi and northwards, which is differentiated by its more hirsute leaves.

[8] This tree has dense (1.15),[9] fine-grained, strong, dark brown to black heartwood, sometimes used as firewood or for making charcoal.

[3] Common names for the tree in other languages include rooiboswilg (Afrikaans), umbondwe (Zulu), imbondvo (Swazi), mohwidiri (Tswana), mohwelere (Sepedi), muvuvha (Tshivenḓa), ndhuva (Tsonga),[3] rukweza (Shona), and omumbuti (Herero).