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Conocarpus erectus (Button Mangrove, Green Buttonwood)

Button mangrove is a broadleaf evergreen trees which can withstand drought, salt, heat and high winds.The fruit looks like a dried raspberry or a pine cone. Its flaky brown bark is very attractive. Throughout the year, greenish-white and purple flowers are produced, but they are not noticeable. 

Due to the high tolerance of heat and drought it is used a lot in hot and arid climate as hedge, street tree or windbreak. 

 

  • Landscape Information
  • Botanical Description
  • Horticulture Management
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  • French Name: Chêne Guadeloupe

    Arabic Name: دمس قائم

    Pronunciation: kawn-oh-KAR-pus ee-RECK-tus

  • Plant type: Tree

  • Origin: Florida and the West Indies

  • Heat Zones: 9 to 16

    Hardiness Zones: 10 to 13

  • Uses: Screen, Hedge, Bonsai, Specimen, Container, Shade, Windbreak, Pollution Tolerant / Urban, Reclamation

  • Size/Shape

    Growth Rate: Moderate

    Tree Shape: Spreading, Vase

    Canopy Symmetry: Symmetrical

    Canopy Density: Medium

    Canopy Texture: Fine

    Height at Maturity: 8 to 15 m

    Spread at Maturity: 8 to 10 meters

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  • Foliage

    Leaf Arrangement : Alternate

    Leaf Venation: Pinnate

    Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

    Leaf Type: Simple

    Leaf Blade: 5 - 10 cm

    Leaf Shape: Lanceolate

    Leaf Margins: Entire

    Leaf Texture: Glossy, Fine

    Leaf Scent: No Fragance

    Color(growing season): Green

    Color(changing season): Green

  • Flower

    Flower Showiness: No

    Flower Color: Green, White

    Seasons: Year Round

  • Trunk

    Trunk Susceptibility to Breakage: Generally resists breakage

    Number of Trunks: Multi-Trunked

    Trunk esthetic Values: Showy, Spines

  • Fruit

    Fruit Showiness: No

    Fruit Size Range: 1.5 - 3

    Fruit Color: Red

    Seasons: Year Round

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  • Tolerance

    Frost Tolerant: No

    Heat Tolerance: Yes

    Drought Tolerance: Yes

    Salt Tolerance: Good

  • Requirements

    Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand

    Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral

    Water Requirements: Low

    Light Requirements: Full, Part

  • Management

    Toxicity: No

    Invasive Potential: No

    Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: No

    Pruning Requirements: Needed, to develop a strong structure

    Fruit/ Leaves/ Flowers litter: No

    Surface Rooting: No

    Life Span: More than 50

    Edible Parts: None

    Pests: Thrips, Aphids

    Plant Propagation: Cutting

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