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5538.000 Combretum
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs, or woody climbers. Leaves opposite, whorled, subopposite or rarely alternate, usually entire; petiole sometimes persisting and forming a ± hooked spine. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 4-5-merous. Calyx 4-5 (rarely more). Petals usually 4-5, variously coloured. Stamens twice as many as petals, in 1 or 2 series. Ovary inferior. Fruit 4-5-winged. A generally recognisable genus but Schrebera trichoclada in leaf looks very similar. The flowers of many species resemble those of willows (Salix species), hence their common name of Bushwillow. Worldwide: 250 species in the tropics, excluding Australia Mozambique: 43 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adenogonium Steud. ex A. Rich. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| andradae Exell & Garcia[NrEnd] | N | |
| apiculatum Sond.[Agg] | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | |
| apiculatum Sond. subsp. apiculatum | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| apiculatum Sond. subsp. leutweinii (Schinz) Exell | N,T,GI | |
| butyrosum (Bertol. f.) Tul. | GI | |
| caudatisepalum Exell & Garcia[End] | N | |
| celastroides Welw. ex M.A. Lawson[Agg] | T,GI,M | |
| celastroides Welw. ex M.A. Lawson subsp. celastroides | T | Description, Image |
| collinum Fresen.[Agg] | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| constrictum (Benth.) M.A. Lawson | N | Image |
| coriifolium Engl. & Diels | N,Z,MS | |
| elaeagnoides Klotzsch | T,MS | Description, Image |
| erythrophyllum (Burch.) Sond. | Z,M | Description, Image |
| goetzei Engl. & Diels | N,T | |
| hereroense Schinz subsp. hereroense | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| holstii Engl. | N,Z,MS,GI | Image |
| illairii Engl. | N | Description, Image |
| imberbe Wawra | N,Z,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
| kirkii M.A. Lawson | N,T | Description |
| kraussii Hochst. | M | Description, Image |
| lasiocarpum Engl. & Diels[End] | N,T,MS | |
| lindense Exell & Mildbr.[NrEnd] | N | |
| microphyllum Klotzsch | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| mkuzense J.D.Carr & Retief[NrEnd] | M | |
| molle R.Br ex G. Don | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| mossambicense (Klotzsch) Engl. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| obovatum F. Hoffm. | T | Description, Image |
| padoides Engl. & Diels | N,T,MS | Description, Image |
| paniculatum Vent. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| patelliforme Engl. & Diels | GI,M | Description |
| pentagonum M.A. Lawson | N | |
| pisoniiflorum Engl. | N,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| platypetalum Welw. ex M.A. Lawson subsp. oatesii (Rolfe) Exell | N,T | Description, Image |
| psidioides Welw.[Agg] | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| psidioides Welw. subsp. dinteri (Schinz) Exell | N? | Description |
| psidioides Welw. subsp. psidioides | N,Z,T,MS | Description |
| schumannii Engl. | Z | |
| sp. A [NrEnd?] | ||
| stocksii Sprague[End] | N | |
| umbricola Engl. | N,Z | |
| xanthothyrsum Engl. & Diels | N | |
| zeyheri Sond. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Combretum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Combretum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CombretumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Combretum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Combretum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Combretum
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iNaturalist: Combretum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Combretum
JSTOR Plant Science: Combretum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Combretum
Plants of the World Online: Combretum
Tropicos: Combretum
Wikipedia: Combretum
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