Family: Siparunaceae
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Laurales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Siparunaceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Shrubs and trees, strongly aromatic.
Leaves: Leaves simple, opposite, sometimes verticillate, the laminar surface sometimes asperous, the margins dentate.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Inflorescence axillary.
Fruit: Fruit technically an aggregate composed of many simple druplets enclosed in the swollen hypanthium.
Other
Notes: Family segregated from the Monimiaceae.