Family: Lacistemataceae

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

Common Names:

  • Lacistemataceae - English, United States of America

Vegetative Morphology

Habit: Trees.

Leaves: Leaves simple, alternate, the lamina margins entire.

Stipules: Stipules caducous leaving a circular scar at each node.

Reproductive Morphology

Inflorescence: Inflorescence axillary.

Fruit: Fruit a capsule.

Seeds: Seeds 1-2 per fruit, surrounded completely by a white aril.

Other

Notes: Family segregated from the Flacourtiaceae.