False Almond family
COMBRETACEAE in Australia
including   Didymelaceae ,   Pachysandraceae  and   Stylocerataceae.
ROSIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
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Christine Ashe
  
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Flowers in Australia


Lumnitzera racemosa
White-flowered Black Mangrove
Magnetic Island
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Quisqualis indica
Rangoon Creeper
Wyee, January 2008

Terminalia catappa
Sea Almond
Magnetic Island
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Terminalia ferdinandiana
Billy Goat Plum
Darwin, January 2009
Photos: courtesy of Craig Nieminski

Terminalia melanocarpa
Black Damson
Magnetic Island
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Terminalia muelleri
Australian Almond
Magnetic Island
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Plants in COMBRETACEAE are the foodplants of the caterpillars of a number of Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:


Ophiusa coronata

Maurilia iconica

Badamia exclamationis

Arhopala madytus

Petrelaea tombugensis

Calliteara farenoides

Teleclita dryinopa

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(updated 7 February 2012)