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family Combretaceae

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Noun1.family Combretaceae - a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
Combretaceae, combretum family
dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
dhava, dhawa - an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum
genus Combretum - type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees
Conocarpus, genus Conocarpus - monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree
genus Laguncularia, Laguncularia - a genus of Laguncularia
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Family Name Terminalia superba of the Family Combretaceae Common Names Limba, white limba, black limba, frake, afara, light afara, limba clair, limba blanc, dark afara, limba noir, limba bariole, egoin, ofram, korina, akom Height/Weight The tree grows to 150 feet, with trunk diameters of 4 to 8 feet.
A cache of color: black or light, figured or plain, limba makes ... by Kaiser, Jo-Ann / Wood & Wood Products
The white mangrove belongs to the family Combretaceae, while the black mangrove belongs to the family Verbeizaceae and is classified as Avicennia germinans.
Introduction by McNally, Shelagh / Guatemala Travel Adventures, 2nd ed.
38) Terminalia ivorenis, family Combretaceae and Trichilia cf.
Decorated Hu Ronko shirts from Northern Sierra Leone: birth, life, ... by Ottenberg, Simon / African Arts
 
 
 
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