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Conocarpus erectus L.

Florida Buttonwood; Button Mangrove; Botoncillo; Button-tree; Buttonwood; button mangrove

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
English Florida Buttonwood; Button Mangrove;Botoncillo;Button-tree;Buttonwood; button mangrove
Français Conocarpe droit; Palétuvier; Mangle botón
Italiano Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Suomi Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Norsk Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Čeština Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Español Mangle boton (W.I.), Mangle prieto (Mex.)
Svenska Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Polski Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Український Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Român Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Русский Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Български Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
EESTI Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
日本語 Knopfbaum; Knopfmangrove
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Hough

Origin

States and Territories USA (Florida, Texas); Bahamas; Turks & Caicos Isl.; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Anguilla; Antigua; Barbados; Barbuda; Grenada; Grenadines; Guadeloupe; Marie-Galante; Martinique; Montserrat; Saba; St. Barthélémy; St. Eustatius; St. Kitts; Saint Lucia; St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Vincent; Aruba; Bonaire; Curaçao; Isla Margarita; Tobago; Trinidad; Costa Rica; Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Ecuador; N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Galapagos; Peru; Belize; Nicaragua; Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Sucre, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Falcon, Sucre, Zulia); Panama; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Socorro); ?Guam [I]; Phoenix Isl. [I] (Kanton [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I]); Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; NW-Angola; Benin
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Combretaceae
Genus Conocarpus
Species erectus
Author citation L.
Scientific name Conocarpus erectus L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

Florida Buttonwood;  Button Mangrove; Botoncillo; Button-tree; Buttonwood;  button mangrove

Hough

Florida Buttonwood;  Button Mangrove; Botoncillo; Button-tree; Buttonwood;  button mangrove

Conocarpus erectus , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Florida Buttonwood;  Button Mangrove; Botoncillo; Button-tree; Buttonwood;  button mangrove

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Florida Buttonwood;  Button Mangrove; Botoncillo; Button-tree; Buttonwood;  button mangrove

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Florida Buttonwood;  Button Mangrove; Botoncillo; Button-tree; Buttonwood;  button mangrove

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

Florida Buttonwood;  Button Mangrove; Botoncillo; Button-tree; Buttonwood;  button mangrove

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson