🌿 Family

Combretaceae

34 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Combretaceae

Terminalia elliptica Willd.

Terminalia elliptica is a deciduous tree native to South and Southeast Asia, with many uses for its wood, bark and stored water.

Terminalia australis Cambess.

Terminalia australis is a South American tree or large shrub native to river basins of the Río de la Plata region, used for ornamental and precision woodwork.

Terminalia leiocarpa (DC.) Baill.

Terminalia leiocarpa is a deciduous tree native to tropical Africa that grows in forest edges, savannas, and riverbanks.

Combretum paniculatum Vent.

Combretum paniculatum is an African Combretum species commonly called burning bush or forest flame-creeper, with winged samara fruit.

Combretum constrictum (Benth.) M.A.Lawson

Combretum constrictum is a flowering tree endemic to tropical Africa, native to five East and West African countries.

Combretum glutinosum Perr. ex DC.

Combretum glutinosum is a drought-resistant Sahel shrub widely used for dye, construction, food, and traditional medicine.

Combretum leprosum Mart.

Combretum leprosum is a Combretum species found across the Amazon Basin, valued for shade in rural eastern Bolivia.

Lumnitzera littorea (Jack) Voigt

Lumnitzera littorea is a mangrove species native to tropical Indo-Pacific coastal and estuarine areas.

Guiera senegalensis J.F.Gmel.

Guiera senegalensis J.F.Gmel. is the only species in the Guiera genus, found in dry Tropical Africa with decorative, medicinal and practical uses.

Getonia floribunda Roxb.

Getonia floribunda is a large climbing Indian shrub that stores water in vines and has widely used medicinal parts.

Related Families

Myrtaceae 423 species Onagraceae 175 species Melastomataceae 50 species Lythraceae 37 species Penaeaceae 3 species Vochysiaceae 3 species

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