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The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and in 10 genus. 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 (as well as the entire former genus Quisqualis) is now placed in the genus Combretum. Many plants in the former Quisqualis genus contain the Excitotoxicity quisqualic acid, a potent AMPA agonist.
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