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.