Combretum

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Combretum
Combretum collinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Combretaceae Genus: Combretum Loefl.
Species
About 250 species, see text

Combretum is the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 370 species of trees and shrubs, 300 of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, 25 to tropical Asia and 40 to tropical America. The genus is absent from Australia. Several species are used in African or Indian traditional medicine.

[edit] Selected species

Combretum albopunctatum Suesseng. Combretum apiculatum Sond. Combretum bracteosum (Hochst.) Brandis Combretum caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze Combretum celastroides Welw. ex Laws. Combretum coccineum Combretum collinum Fresen. Combretum comosum Combretum decandrum Combretum edwardsii Exell Combretum elaeagnoides Klotzsch Combretum engleri Schinz Combretum erythrophyllum (Burch.) Sond. Combretum flagrocarpum Combretum fragrans F. Hoffm. Combretum fruticosum Combretum grandiflorum Combretum dolchipeles nigeria Combretum holstii Engl. Combretum imberbe Wawra Combretum kraussii Hochst.

Combretum latifolium Combretum micranthum G. Don Combretum moggii Exell Combretum molle R. Br. ex G. Don Combretum mossambicense (Klotzsch) Engl. Combretum nelsonii Duemmer Combretum obovatum F. Hoffm. Combretum padoides Engl. & Diels Combretum paniculatum Vent. syn. C. microphyllum Klotzsch Combretum petrophilum Retief Combretum pisoniiflorum (Klotzsch) Engl. Combretum psidioides Welw. Combretum racemosum Combretum quadrangulare Kurz Combretum schumannii Engl. Combretum vendae Van Wyk Combretum wattii Exell Combretum woodii Duemmer Combretum zeyheri Sond.