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Colubrina

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Colubrina is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the Indian Ocean islands.

Species

FamilyRhamnaceae
Native toAldabra, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast

General: species in New Guinea: Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn. and C Appearance: Trees to c. 20 m (Colubrina beccariana), usually shrubs

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
545
With media
225
Family
Rhamnaceae
Collections
INECOL, FC-UNAM, IEA-UAT, ECOSUR, FCF-UANL, IIB-UV
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Names
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Selected species
  • Formerly placed here
  • Ecology
  • Uses
  • References
  • External links

Colubrina is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the Indian Ocean islands.

== Names == Common names include nakedwood, snakewood, greenheart and hogplum. The generic name is derived from the Latin word coluber, meaning "snake", and refers to the snake-like stems or stamens.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colubrina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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