About Green Buttonwood
Conocarpus erectus, commonly called buttonwood or button mangrove, is a hardy species of mangrove shrub in the family Combretaceae.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Conocarpus erectus
- Genus
- Conocarpus
- Family
- COMBRETACEAE
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)

Botanical family
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Green Buttonwood belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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