Combretaceae

The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, "Combretum imberbe". Three genera, "Conocarpus", "Laguncularia", and "Lumnitzera", grow in mangrove habitats (mangals). The Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, such as idigbo from "Terminalia ivorensis". The commonly cultivated "Quisqualis indica" is now placed in the genus "Combretum".
White mangrove family.
The family name comes from the white mangrove, "Laguncularia racemosa", found along seacoasts in tropical America and West Africa.