Commidendrum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Commidendron_rugosum1.jpg

|image_caption = Commidendrum rugosum

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Commidendrum

|authority = Burch. ex DC.

|synonyms_ref = [http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=5b04d843-20ba-4fdc-b5d0-cb5b3dd6fff1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141115115743/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=5b04d843-20ba-4fdc-b5d0-cb5b3dd6fff1 |date=2014-11-15 }}

|synonyms =

• Dectis Raf.
• Commidendron Lem., spelling variant

}}

Commidendrum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Asteraceae endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The vernacular name is gumwood or scrubwood.Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1833. Archives de Botanique 2: 334[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012912 Tropicos, Commidendrum Burch. ex DC.]Melliss, J.C., St. Helena: A Physical, Historical, and Topographical Description of the Island, vol. 4: t. 36 (1875)

; Species

• †Commidendrum burchellii (Hook.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.[http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=62313 Plant Illustrations, Commidendrum burchellii]
• Commidendrum robustum (Roxb.) DC. (Saint Helena gumwood)
• Commidendrum rotundifolium (Roxb.) DC. (bastard gumwood)
• Commidendrum rugosum (Aiton) DC. (scrubwood)
• Commidendrum spurium (G. Forst.) DC. (false gumwood)