Combretaceae
Button mangrove
Conocarpus erectus
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Conocarpus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- دمس منتصب, كنوكرب منتصب, منجروف رمادي, منجروف سرقسطة, منجروف كاذب
- Chinese
- 桤果木, 锥果木
- Dutch
- Fofoti
- English
- Button mangrove, Silver-leaved buttonwood, Buttonwood
- French
- Palétuvier gris
- Portuguese
- Mangue-de-botão
Synonyms
- Conocarpus acutifolius Willd. ex Schult.
- Conocarpus erectus f. erectus
- Conocarpus erectus f. sericeus (Fors ex DC.) Stace
- Conocarpus erectus var. arboreus DC.
- Conocarpus erectus var. argenteus Millsp.
- Conocarpus erectus var. erectus
- Conocarpus erectus var. procumbens (L.) DC.
- Conocarpus erectus var. sericea Griseb.
- Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus Fors ex DC.
- Conocarpus procumbens L.
- Conocarpus pubescens Schumach. & Thonn.
- Conocarpus sericea Jiménez
- Conocarpus sericeus (Fors ex DC.) G.Don
- Conocarpus supina Crantz
- Terminalia erecta (L.) Baill.
- Terminalia erecta var. procumbens (L.) M.Gómez
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 147 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Juan Carlos A. Fierro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dairon Cuevas Riveras, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mario Guzmán, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.