Combretum indicum, commonly known as the Rangoon creeper[2] or Burma creeper,[3] is a vine with red flower clusters which is native to tropical Asia and grows in thickets, primary and secondary forest, and along river banks in the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia and the Philippines.

[4]: 547  It has since been cultivated and naturalized in tropical areas such as Burma, Vietnam, and Thailand.

The flowers are tubular, consisting of oblong petals 6–8 mm long.

[6]: 175 [4]: 548 The 30 to 35 mm long fruit is dark brown, ellipsoidal and has five stiff and prominent wings.

[citation needed] Dr John Ivor Murray sent a sample of the "nuts" to the Museum of Economic Botany in Edinburgh in 1861, with a note that they were "used by the Chinese for worms" and a description of the means of preparation and dosage.