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  • COMMON NAME: Silver Buttonbush, Silver Buttonwood, Grey Mangrove.
  • ARABIC: الدَمَس القائم
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Conocarpus erectus L.
  • SYNONYMS: C. sericeus
  • FAMILY: COMBRETACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt)
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://www.acacia-ae.com/product/conocarpus-erectus/ https://www.sanibelmoorings.com/sanibel-botanical-garden/whats-blooming/silver-buttonwood-conocarpus-erectus-silver/ https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319151-2/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Ornamental plant.
Conocarpus Erectus is an evergreen, flowering, small to a medium perennial tree with a dense, rounded canopy and that will branch from the base. Naturally multi-trunked. The tree is erect when young, spreading out as it matures with branches that droop with age. It is a large, fast-growing, upright evergreen tree with regular spreading branches. Leaves are alternate, thick. Conocarpus erectus has oblong, lanceolate leaves, greyish-green in colour. It is generally found growing in brackish water in tidal lagoons and bays but can grow in inland habitats.
Cultivated in UAE as ornamental plant.
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