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Combretum
Sign in to saveCombretum, the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but there are others that are native to tropical Asia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, Australia, and tropical America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyCombretaceae
Die Langfäden (Combretum) sind eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Flügelsamengewächse (Combretaceae). Der weitere deutsche Trivialname „Flügelnüsse“ ist zu vermeiden, da er bereits für die Pflanzengattung Pterocarya vergeben ist.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,557
- With media
- 1,667
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Collections
- CICY, IBUNAM, ECOSUR, MICH, INECOL, YPM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, India, China, Guatemala, United States, Costa Rica, South Africa
Research
469 papers- Combretum micranthum G. Don (Combretaceae): A Review on Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2024
- Combretum kraussii Hochst. (Combretaceae): Medicinal Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties.Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS · 2025
- Hypertension treatment with Combretum micranthum or Hibiscus sabdariffa, as decoction or tablet: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of human hypertension · 2021
- Ethnopharmacology, Antimicrobial Potency, and Phytochemistry of African Combretum and Pteleopsis Species (Combretaceae): A Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Bioactivities of the genus Combretum (Combretaceae): a review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2012
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Combretum collinum Bild0860.jpg
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- taxonomic type
- Combretum fruticosum
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Combretum
- Commons category
- Combretum
- topic's main category
- Category:Combretum
- has fruit type
- silique
- taxon common name
- 风车藤属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Ecology
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Combretum, the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 272 species of trees and shrubs, most of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, but there are others that are native to tropical Asia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, Australia, and tropical America.
Around 17 species in the genus Quisqualis are very similar to Combretum and are now classified as species of the genus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Combretum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.