| Dicotyledon | Literature for Conocarpus erectus
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Combretaceae -- The Indian Almond Family | Bibliography |
| Conocarpus erectus | |
Common name(s): button mangrove, buttonwood, sea mulberry |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to coastal areas of the Neotropics from Florida and Mexico to Ecuador and Brazil, also in tropical western Africa.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui. | |
| Habit |
Shrubs or trees 3-8 m tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves chartaceous or somewhat coriaceous and somewhat fleshy, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2.5-9 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, ± densely silky pubescent, especially on midrib or younger leaves. |
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| Flowers |
Peduncles 2-10(-15) mm long, bracts minute, tomentose; hypanthium tomentose; calyx lobes greenish white, triangular, ca. 1 mm long; stamens usually 10. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit densely clustered into brownish subglobose heads 1-1.5 cm long, each one 3-3.5 mm long, recurved at apex and often with the persistent calyx. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 24 |
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