What is "combretum"

combretum \combretum\ n. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers.

n. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers

''"Schousboea" redirects here. As described by H.C.F. Schumacher and Peter Thonning, this is a synonym of '' Alchornea.

Combretum, the bushwillows or combretums, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 370 species of trees and shrubs, roughly 300 of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, some 25 to tropical Asia and approximately 40 to tropical America. The genus is absent from Australia. Though somewhat reminiscent of willows (Salix) in their habitus, they are not particularly close relatives of these.