#Combretaceae
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Quisqualis indica has white flowers that open in the evening, but by the next day, they turn dark red. Linnaeus, when he saw the dried specimen, supposedly didn’t know the direction of the color change. The genus name loosely translates to “What's what?” #Combretaceae #color #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a hand holding a leafy shoot with several long, tubular flowers. Some flowers are pale pink, but other, older flowers are dark red. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
April 11, 2026 at 11:08 AM
worldfloraonline.bsky.social
Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Combretaceae.

Combretaceae, or the white mangrove family, includes 10 genera and 585 species. This TEN is led by Olivier Maurin from Plantentuin Meise in Belgium.
March 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
scottzona.bsky.social
Yet another way: In Combretum fruticosum, the color change is in the stamens (the filaments, mostly). They change from greenish yellow to orange as they age, & the orange flowers are retained as a beacon to pollinators. #Combretaceae #color #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a leafy shoot bearing a large panicle of opposite, distichous branches bearing clusters of stamen flowers (no visible petals, just showy filaments). The filaments are green in fresh flowers, but they turn orange in older flowers. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
April 10, 2026 at 11:43 AM
frdvil.bsky.social
Very nice foliage of #Terminalia bentzoe (known as Benjoin in Réunion island).
Successfully grown from a seedling started last December. 🌱
#combretaceae
October 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
florabrasil.bsky.social
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Ordem: Myrtales
Família: Combretaceae
Gênero: Terminalia

6.646 observações no iNaturalist
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/371396
Madagascar almond (Terminalia mantaly)
Terminalia neotaliala, the Madagascar almond tree, is a mid-sized tree in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae. Endemic to Madagascar, at maturity, the tree grows from 10 to 20 m (33 to 66 ft) tall....
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August 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
florabrasil.bsky.social
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Ordem: Myrtales
Família: Combretaceae
Gênero: Conocarpus

205 registros no Brasil · 17.724 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62850
Green Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)
Conocarpus erectus, commonly called buttonwood or button mangrove, is a mangrove shrub in the family Combretaceae. This species grows on shorelines in tropical and subtropical regions around the world...
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September 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM
hakeafan.bsky.social
Terminalia catappa
Combretaceae
Emu Park, Central Queensland,
#TerminaliaCatappa #Combretaceae #MalabarAlmond #SeaAlmond #TropicalAlmond #BeachAlmond #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #wildoz #ozflora #AustralianFlora
January 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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New Article: "Blocking then stinging as a case of two-step evolution of defensive cage architectures in herbivore-driven ecosystems" rdcu.be/dAvVy

Two-step evolution of branching density and spine presence in Combretaceae, in response to mammalian herbivory pressure. #PlantScience
March 6, 2024 at 4:25 PM
piprafasciicauda.bsky.social
Identifiquei superficialmente usando plantnet e inaturalist:
Planta 1: Cordia sp. Boraginaceae
Planta 2: Terminalia sp. Combretaceae
Planta 3: Combretum sp. Combretaceae
Inseto: Besouro, talvez, do gênero Rutela?
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
florabrasil.bsky.social
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Ordem: Myrtales
Família: Combretaceae
Gênero: Terminalia

49 registros no Brasil · 170 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1048743
Terminalia tetraphylla
Terminalia tetraphylla is species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae. It is a tree native to tropical Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, and to t...
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September 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
florabrasil.bsky.social
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Ordem: Myrtales
Família: Combretaceae
Gênero: Laguncularia

579 registros no Brasil · 9.345 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62854
White Mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa)
Laguncularia racemosa, the white mangrove, is a species of flowering plant in the leadwood tree family, Combretaceae. It is native to the coasts of western Africa from Senegal to Cameroon, the Atlanti...
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September 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
scottzona.bsky.social
Terminalia bentzoe subsp. rodriguesensis (#Combretaceae) is a strange case of #heteroblasty: lower leaves are thin & look dead. The upper leaves are broad & green. Did this evolve as a defense against browsing by the now-extinct saddle-backed giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri)? #Botany 🌱🌾🧪
Photo of leafy shoots. Lower shoots have pale, narrow, curled leaves. Upper shoots have broad, green, elliptical leaves.
October 16, 2024 at 4:15 PM
botensky.bsky.social
a tree in the middle of a foggy lake by Rob McGlade (Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/collections/DyK4p-rdrs4)

BioClip identify (at 92.36%) Combretum imberbe genus:Combretum (fam. Combretaceae) com. leadwood

#1Day1Bioclip
BioClip identify (at 92.36%) Combretum imberbe genus:Combretum (fam. Combretaceae) com. leadwood Image Unsplash details : exif:Canon, EOS 10D keywords: grey, lake, sun rise, misty updated: Thu Apr 09 2026 10:03:15 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)
April 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
hakeafan.bsky.social
Terminalia catappa
Combretaceae
Pallarenda, Townsville,
North Queensland
#TerminaliaCatappa #Combretaceae #MalabarAlmond #SeaAlmond #TropicalAlmond #BeachAlmond #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #wildoz #ozflora #AustralianFlora
January 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
florabrasil.bsky.social
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Ordem: Myrtales
Família: Combretaceae
Gênero: Combretum

180 registros no Brasil · 190 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/810589
Combretum leprosum
Combretum leprosum, the mofumbo in Portuguese and the asucaró in eastern Bolivian Spanish, is a plant species in the genus Combretum found throughout the Amazon Basin. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Combretum l...
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September 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
scottpegan.bsky.social
Here is a link to the new species description!

Hurray for #biodiversity!

mapress.com/zt/article/v...
A new species of Urodeta Stainton (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) mining leaves of button mangrove (Combretaceae: Conocarpus erectus L.) in Florida and the Caribbean | Zootaxa
mapress.com
August 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
florabrasil.bsky.social
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Ordem: Myrtales
Família: Combretaceae
Gênero: Combretum

55 registros no Brasil · 59 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/746762
Combretum lanceolatum
Combretum lanceolatum is a species of plants with 59 observations
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August 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
florabrasil.bsky.social
Taxonomia
Reino: Plantae
Filo: Tracheophyta
Classe: Magnoliopsida
Ordem: Myrtales
Família: Combretaceae
Gênero: Combretum

174 registros no Brasil · 185 no mundo
Fonte: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/810589
Combretum leprosum
Combretum leprosum, the mofumbo in Portuguese and the asucaró in eastern Bolivian Spanish, is a plant species in the genus Combretum found throughout the Amazon Basin. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Combretum l...
www.inaturalist.org
August 4, 2026 at 11:06 PM
elianvuillemot.bsky.social
1/5 Dense branching🌿and spines are common in plants under high mammalian herbivory. This paper by Anest et al. (2024, Nature Plants) shows how these traits combine into powerful defensive cage architectures. 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Evolution #Botany #Ecology @artemisanest.bsky.social
Blocking then stinging as a case of two-step evolution of defensive cage architectures in herbivore-driven ecosystems - Nature Plants
This study explores the evolution of two traits, branching density and spine presence, in the globally distributed plant family Combretaceae. These traits were found to have appeared in a two-step pro...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
ptsignificadode.bsky.social
Significado de #surás pertencente a uma árvore da família combretaceae, tem seu habitat em áreas de selva e sua madeira é muito valiosa para a construção de.. surás
December 8, 2024 at 12:53 AM
wordmeaningdic.bsky.social
Meaning of #egombegombe It is one of the common names held almendron, scientific name Terminalia tree catappa in the Combretaceae family. It is also called almond, false kamani and Malabar almond. It is also the name of a beautiful beach at Bata, Equatorial Gui.. egombegombe
January 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
wordmeaningdic.bsky.social
Meaning of #almendrón It is a tree whose scientific name is Terminalia catappa and belongs to the family Combretaceae. It produces about 5 to 7 cm large almonds. They also say almond of malabar, false kamani. Augmentative of almond. The almendron leaves are us.. almendrón
January 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
botensky.bsky.social
a tree in the middle of a foggy lake by Rob McGlade (Unsplash https://spoo.me/FGNCTW7)

BioClip identify (at 92.36%) Combretum imberbe genus:Combretum (fam. Combretaceae) com. leadwood

#1Day1Bioclip
BioClip identify (at 92.36%) Combretum imberbe genus:Combretum (fam. Combretaceae) com. leadwood Image Unsplash details : exif:Canon, EOS 10D keywords: grey, lake, sun rise, misty updated: Tue Aug 11 2026 08:46:13 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)
August 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
mattyboombaddie.bsky.social
*gets in an argument about the difference between myrtaceae and combretaceae*

"YA KNOW WHAT!? EUCALYPTUS D*CK, GERALD!"
October 31, 2024 at 1:44 AM
significadode.bsky.social
Significado de #egombegombe Es uno de los nombres comunes que se le tiene al árbol de almendrón, de nombre científico Terminalia catappa de la familia Combretaceae. También es llamado almendro, falso kamani y almendro de Malabar. Es también el nombre de una hermo.. egombegombe
December 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM