| Combretaceae | |
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| Combretum constrictum inflorescence | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Combretaceae R.Br.[2] |
| Type genus | |
| Combretum | |
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TheCombretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family offlowering plants in the orderMyrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, andlianas in 10genera.[5] The family includes the leadwood tree,Combretum imberbe. Three genera,Conocarpus,Laguncularia, andLumnitzera, grow inmangrove habitats (mangals).[6] The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo fromTerminalia ivorensis. The commonly cultivatedQuisqualis indica (as well as the entire former genusQuisqualis) is now placed in the genusCombretum. Many plants in the formerQuisqualis genus containquisqualic acid,[citation needed] a potent nerve toxin.[7]
The family name comes from thetype genusCombretum; it also includes the white mangrove,Laguncularia racemosa, found along seacoasts in tropical America and West Africa.
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