Combretum laxumJacq.

WFO wfo-0000616453 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Combretum laxum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-08 / obs. 110447512
Combretum laxum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110447426
Combretum laxum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110447462
Combretum laxum, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. d Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17566234
Combretum laxum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110447427
Combretum laxum, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. f Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17566236
Combretum laxum, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. g Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17566230
Combretum laxum, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. h Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17566233

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Combretum laxum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Combretum laxum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 44 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chrysostachys ovatifolia Pohl
  • Combretum accedens Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Combretum adenophyllum Mart.
  • Combretum brunnescens Gleason
  • Combretum bugi Cambess.
  • Combretum cordatum G.Don
  • Combretum epiphyticum Pittier
  • Combretum ferrugineum G.Don
  • Combretum ferrugineum Hoffmanns. ex Walp.
  • Combretum fulgens Gleason
  • Combretum jacquinii Griseb.
  • Combretum jacquinii f. brasiliense Eichler
  • Combretum jacquinii f. bugi (Cambess.) Eichler
  • Combretum jacquinii f. laxum (Jacq.) Eichler
  • Combretum jacquinii f. ovatifolium (Pohl) Eichler
  • Combretum jacquinii f. pulchellum (Mart.) Eichler
  • Combretum jacquinii var. laxum (Jacq.) Pulle
  • Combretum jacquinii var. pulchellum (Mart.) Pulle
  • Combretum laxum var. aurantiacum Kuntze
  • Combretum laxum var. epiphyticum (Pittier) Croat
  • Combretum laxum var. laxum
  • Combretum laxum var. viridulum Kuntze
  • Combretum marchii Fawc. & Rendle
  • Combretum mexicanum Bonpl.

and 20 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.