Poivrea
(named after P. Poivre, a French traveller and administrator, born at Lyons in 1719, died in 1786). ORD. Combretaceae. A small genus of tropical and subtropical, stove, evergreen climbers, included, by Bentham and Hooker, under Combretum (which see for characters and culture).
P. coccinea (scarlet). fl. scarlet, loosely disposed, secund; panicles of many spikes. June to December. l. oblong-lanceolate, acute, dark green, shining. Madagascar, 1818. SYN. Combretum purpureum (B. R. 429). P. grandiflora (large-flowered). A synonym of Combretum grandiflorum.