Family: Vochysiaceae

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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Myrtales Status: Valid

Common Names:

  • Vochysiaceae - English, United States of America

Vegetative Morphology

Habit: Trees, rarely shrubs.

Leaves: Leaves simple, opposite, or whorled, the margins entire, the venation anastomosing at the margins; the petiole base with conspicuous glands or stipules in most genera.

Reproductive Morphology

Fruit: Fruit a loculicidal capsule with winged seeds, or a samara. Plants glabrous or pubescent, the hairs stellate, T-shaped, or simple.

Seeds: Seeds one to various per locule, often winged.