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.