Combretaceae

126 species

Tropical trees and shrubs; includes combretum species with limited edible uses.

Anogeissus latifolia

Axle wood, Button tree, Gum ghatti

Anogeissus leiocarpa

Edible: Gum, Leaves, Fruit, Bark - drink, Flowers, Vegetable

Buchenavia fanshawei

Fanshawe buchenavia, Sand fukadi

Buchenavia guianensis

Edible: Kernels, Nuts

Buchenavia hoehneana

Buchenavia kleinii

Buchenavia tomentosa

Combretum aculeatum

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Caution, Fruit

Combretum adenogonium

Four-leaved bushwillow

Edible: Gum, Vegetable

Combretum album

Edible: Nuts - masticatory, Bark, Leaves, Flower bracts, Seeds

Combretum alfredi

Sze Kwan Che T'ang

Combretum apiculatum

Red bushwillow, Rooibos

Edible: Gum, Leaves - tea

Combretum bracteosum

Hiccough nut, Hiccup nut

Edible: Fruit, Nuts

Combretum butyrosum

Butter tree, Chiquito

Combretum collinum

Weeping bushwillow, Variable bushwillow

Combretum collinum subsp. gazense

Bi-coloured bushwillow

Combretum collinum subsp. geitonophyllum

Combretum comosum

Combretum engleri

Combretum erythrophyllum

Bush-willow, River bushwillow

Combretum farinosum

Combretum fragrans

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Gum

Combretum glutinosum

Edible: Leaves, Leaves - tea, Vegetable

Combretum grandiflorum

Showy Combretum

Edible: Flower nectar

Combretum hartmannianum

Edible: Fruit, Bark

Combretum hereroense

Russet bush-willow, Mouse-eared combretum

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - tea, Gum

Combretum imberbe

Leadwood, Ivory tree

Edible: Gum, Leaves, Fruit - gum

Combretum indicum

Rangoon creeper, Chinese honeysuckle

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Leaves, Stems

Combretum latifolium

Large leaved climbing bushwillow

Edible: Unsure, Probably leaves and fruit.

Combretum lecardii

Combretum micranthum

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Seeds

Combretum microphyllum

Forest burning-bush

Combretum molle

Velvet bush willow

Edible: Root, Gum, Bark - tea

Combretum mooreanum

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Combretum mossambicense

Knobbly bushwillow, Shaving-brush combretum

Combretum mucronatum

Edible: Leaves ?, Medicine ?

Combretum nigricans

Edible: Gum, Leaves - tea

Combretum nigricans var. elliotii

Edible: Gum, Leaves - tea

Combretum padoides

Thicket combretum

Edible: Vegetable, Leaves

Combretum paniculatum

Flame combretum, Burning-bush combretum

Edible: Leaves, Nectar, Flowers, Stem sap, Vegetable

Combretum pentagonum

Combretum platypterum

Edible: Leaves, Flower nectar, Vegetable

Combretum psidioides subsp. dinteri

Dinter’s combretum, Silver bush-willow

Edible: Gum, Bark

Combretum racemosum

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Spice, Stems- juice

Combretum schumannii

Combretum sericeum

Edible: Medicine

Combretum sundaicum

Edible: Medicine, ?

Combretum tomentosum

Combretum wallichii

Combretum zeyheri

Large-fruited bushwillow

Conocarpus erectus

Edible: Vegetable ?, Medicine

Conocarpus lancifolius

Damask, Common tug tree

Edible: Flowers - drinks

Getonia floribunda

Edible: Fruit - medicine, Vine - water

Guiera senegalensis

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable

Pteleopsis hylodendron

Pteleopsis myrtifolia

Two-winged stink-bush

Edible: Juice, Fruit, Leaves

Strephonema pseudocola

Edible: Nuts, Seeds

Terminalia alata

Terminalia arenicola

Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Nuts

Terminalia argentea

Terminalia arjuna

Arjuna, Indian-laurel

Edible: Fruit, Bark - drink, Kernel, Nuts, Seed

Terminalia arostrata

Nutwood, Crocodile tree

Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Nuts

Terminalia bellirica

Myrobalans, Bedda nuts

Edible: Kernels, Fruit, Gum, Seeds, Nuts, Oil

Terminalia bentzoe

Edible: Kernel, Nuts

Terminalia brownii

Terminalia bursarina

Pirijpirij, Bendee

Terminalia calamansanai

Philippine almond tree, Yellow terminalia tree

Edible: Fruit, Seed, Nut

Terminalia canaliculata

Terminalia canescens

Australian almond, Winged nut tree

Terminalia carolinensis

Terminalia carpentariae

Wild peach, Billy Goat Plum

Edible: Fruit, Gum

Terminalia catappa

Java almond, Coastal almond

Edible: Kernel, Nuts, Nuts-oil, Fruit

Terminalia chebula

Myrobalan, Indian gallnut

Edible: Kernel, Nuts, Leaves, Fruit

Terminalia citrina

Citron myrobalan, Haranut

Terminalia complanata

Yellow terminalia, Claudie damson

Terminalia copelandii

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Terminalia cunninghamii

Pindan walnut, Pindan quandong, Kalumburu almond

Edible: Seeds, Nuts

Terminalia discolor

Terminalia edulis

Terminalia erythrocarpa

Terminalia ferdinandiana

Billy Goat plum, Kakadu plum

Edible: Fruit, Nuts, Gum

Terminalia fitzgeraldii

Edible: Fruit, Gum

Terminalia glabrata

Edible: Kernel, Nuts

Terminalia glaucescens

Edible: Root, Leaves

Terminalia grandiflora

Plumwood, Nutwood

Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Nuts

Terminalia grandis

Wild genip, Large buchenavia

Terminalia hadleyana subsp. carpentariae

Wild peach, Red cement tree

Edible: Fruit, Gum

Terminalia impediens

Edible: Kernel, Nuts, Seeds

Terminalia kaernbachii

Edible: Nuts, Kernel

Terminalia latifolia

Edible: Kernel, Nuts

Terminalia latipes subsp. psilocarpa

Terminalia laxiflora

Edible: Leaves - Medicine

Terminalia litoralis

Edible: Kernels, Seeds, Nuts, Fruit

Terminalia longispicata

Terminalia macrophylla

Terminalia macroptera

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Terminalia megalocarpa

Edible: Fruit, Nuts, Seeds

Terminalia melanocarpa

Terminalia microcarpa

The Philippine star tree

Edible: Kernels, Fruit, Nuts

Terminalia muelleri

Mueller’s damson, Blue Cherry, Australian almond

Terminalia myriocarpa

East Indian almond

Terminalia nigrovenulosa

Terminalia nitens

Edible: Kernel, Fruit, Nuts

Terminalia oblongata

Terminalia oblongata subsp. volucris

Wild peanut, Rosewood

Edible: Gum, Seeds

Terminalia oxycarpa

Terminalia parvifolia

Smallleaf buchenavia

Terminalia parvula

Terminalia petiolaris

Marool, Blackberry Tree

Edible: Fruit, Gum

Terminalia petiolaris x ferdinandiana

Terminalia platyphylla

Wild plum, Durin

Edible: Fruit, Sap, Kernel, Nuts, Gum

Terminalia procera

Terminalia prostrata

Terminalia prunioides

Lowveld terminalia, Purple-pod terminalia

Edible: Gum, Leaves - tea, Fruit, Seeds, Seeds - coffee

Terminalia pterocarya

Terminalia samoensis

Edible: Nuts, Fruit

Terminalia sepicana

Edible: Kernels, Nuts, Seeds, Fruit

Terminalia sericea

Silver terminalia

Edible: Gum, Leaves

Terminalia sericocarpa

Damson, Sovereignwood, Damson plum

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Terminalia solomonensis

Edible: Seeds, Fruit

Terminalia spinosa

Edible: Bark - tea

Terminalia subacroptera

Terminalia superba

White afara tree

Terminalia supranitifolia

Burrup terminalia

Terminalia tomentosa

Saj, Indian Laurel

Edible: Bark - sugar

Terminalia whitmorei