<p><b>Common name</b>: Escova-de-Macaco, Monkey's brush
</p><p><b>Botanical name</b>: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/tags/Combretumrotundifolium/">Combretum rotundifolium</a></i>
- [ (kom-BREE-tum) latin name for a climbing plant of another genus; (ro-tun-dih-FOH-lee-um) round leaf ]
<b>Synonym</b>: <i>Combretum aubletii</i>
<b>Family</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/tags/Combretaceae/">Combretaceae</a> (rangoon creeper family)
</p><p><b>Origin</b>: S. America
</p><p>Combretaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family includes about 600 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 20 genera. The family includes the Leadwood tree, <i>Combretum imberbe</i>. Three genera, <i>Conocarpus</i>, <i>Laguncularia</i> and <i>Lumnitzera</i>, grow in mangrove habitats.
</p><p>Combretaceae are widespread in the subtropics and tropics. Some members of this family produce useful construction timber, including idigbo (from <i>Terminalia ivorensis</i>).
</p><p><b>Courtesy</b>:
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/combretum_aubletii.htm">Top Tropicals</a>
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/59715/index.html">Dave's Garden</a>
- <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combretaceae">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></b>
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<b>Note</b>: Identification attempted; may not be accurate.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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