Family: Erythroxylaceae
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Malpighiales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Erythroxylaceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Shrubs or small trees.
Leaves: Leaves simple, alternate, distichously arranged along the stem; lamina margins entire, often glaucous or lighter colored below, ternation often lines visible parallel to the midvein creating a dark center of the lamina.
Stipules: Stipules intrapetiolar, often splitting from base.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Inflorescence axillary, fasciculate or in heads, many bracts often present.
Flowers: Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic; sepals 5, valvate, fused at base; petals 5, imbricate, keeled; stamens 10, the filaments fused into tube; ovary superior, 2-3-locular, the styles 3, the placentation axile.
Fruit: Fruit a drupe, often red when mature, typically subtended by persistent sepals and stamens.
Seeds: Seeds 1 per fruit.