Conocarpus erectus L.

 
  • Family : COMBRETACEAE
    (Combretum Or Indian Almond Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARJUN FAMILY (अर्जुन फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Combretaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Terminalia erecta (L.) Baill.; Conocarpus acutifolius Willd. ex Schult.; Conocarpus erectus var. arboreus DC.; Conocarpus erectus var. argenteus Millsp.; Conocarpus erectus var. procumbens (L.) DC.; Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus Fors ex DC.; Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus Griseb.; Conocarpus erectus f. sericeus (Fors ex DC.) Stace; Conocarpus procumbens L.; Conocarpus pubescens Schumach. & Thonn.; Conocarpus sericeus Jiménez; Conocarpus sericeus (Fors ex DC.) G.Don; Conocarpus supinus Crantz; Terminalia erecta var. procumbens (L.) M.Gómez
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Conocarpus erectus L.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Large shrub or small tree, 2-20m high, possesses stilt roots, branchlets flattened, slightly winged, initially appressed-pubescent, becoming glabrescent; Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic, up to 11 × 3.5 cm, texture papyraceous, chartaceous, or subcoriaceous, somewhat fleshy, glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent, apex acute to slightly acuminate, base cuneate, often decurrent into petiole, petiole up to 4mm long, pubescent or glabrous; Inflorescence terminal panicles, sometimes solitary in upper leaf axils, peduncles sericeous, 5-15mm long; Flowers greenish-white, located in axils of small ovate or lanceolate ciliate bracts, aggregated in subglobose capitula, 3–5 mm diameter; Calyx cupuliform, 1 × 1.5 mm, nearly glabrous, lobes 0.5 mm; Stamens 10, biseriate, filaments 1.5–2 mm long, anthers 0.5 mm, disk pilose; Ovary 1mm long, sericeous, style 2mm long; Fruits squamiform, 3 × 3–3.5 mm, somewhat sericeous, apex recurved, often retains clayx remains, imbricated in subglobose or cone-shaped structure, 1–1.5 × 0.7–1.3 cm.
  • Distribution :
    • Gujarat : Amreli district
  • Native : Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central American Pacific Islands, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Liberia, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : S. Florida to Peru and Brazil, W. Tropical Africa to N. Angola
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  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Conocarpus erectus
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Conocarpus erectus. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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