Family: Connaraceae
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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Oxalidales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Connaraceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Lianas, shrubs, or small trees.
Leaves: Leaves imparipinnately compound, alternate.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Inflorescence cauliflorous or terminal, a panicle or raceme.
Flowers: Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic; sepals 5; petals 5; stamens 10, fused at base; ovary superior, carpels 1 or 2-5 and free, placentation basal.
Fruit: Fruit a follicle, 1 or 5 per flower.
Seeds: Seeds one per follicle, arillate, the aril covering basal half.
Other
Notes: Plants sometimes pubescent, the hairs simple or dendritic.