Combretaceae
	Genera : 20 Species: 400 - 475   Link to genus directory Terminalia catappa

Distribution: Pantropically, with many species in Africa.

Economic Uses: As cultivated ornamentals and for its edible seeds in the tropics and as important sources of timber in West Africa.

Defining Features of Interest: The family has secretory cells in the stem tissue and the vegetative parts are covered with unique, unicellular hairs.

Fossil Evidence:Fossil is the Eocene.