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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
- Combretum comosum
- Combretum decandrum
- Combretum edwardsii Exell
- Combretum elaeagnoides Klotzsch
- Combretum erythrophyllum (Burch.) Sond.
- Combretum flagrocarpum
- Combretum fruticosum
- Combretum grandiflorum
- Combretum hereroense Schinz
- Combretum imberbe Wawra
- Combretum kraussii Hochst.
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- Combretum latifolium
- Combretum micranthum
- Combretum microphyllum Klotzsch
- Combretum moggii Exell
- Combretum molle R. Br. ex G. Don
- Combretum mossambicense (Klotzsch) Engl.
- Combretum nelsonii Duemmer
- Combretum padoides Engl. & Diels
- Combretum paniculatum
- Combretum petrophilum Retief
- Combretum psidioides Welw.
- Combretum racemosum
- Combretum quadrangulare
- Combretum schumannii Engl.
- Combretum vendae Van Wyk
- Combretum wattii Exell
- Combretum woodii Duemmer
- Combretum zeyheri Sond.
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