English: Lead wood family; Bush willow.
German: Flügelsamengewächse.
Mmebers: 18 genera; 600 species.
Habitat: granite soil; open wet climate, savannah
BotanyTrees, bushes, liana.
Seeds: large, with fibrous coat; 2 to 5 wings; dissemination through wind or water because of a cork like structure of the seed.
Fruit: drupe, flattened, winged or ribbed; 1 seeded;apical placentation.
Flower: ovary unilocular, inferior; characteristic hairs.
TaxonomyCombretaceae is a
Family in
Myrtales, an early diverging lineage.
Combretaceae is a family with 8 genera in the tropics.
In the
Plant theory it is placed in
Subphase 6. There was little knowledge about these remedies in homeopathy.