Olacaceae
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Olacaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Shrubs, trees or woody vines, mostly with alternate and entire, pinnately veined, estipulate leaves, and regular perfect or polygamous flowers in axillary clusters. Calyx 4-6-toothed or 4-6-parted. Corolla 4-6-lobed or of 4-6 distinct petals. Disk various. Stamens 4-12; filaments distinct or rarely monadelphous; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 1-3-celled, inferior, halfsuperior, or partly immersed in the disk; ovules few, anatropous; style short, usually simple; stigma entire or 2-5-lobed. Fruit drupaceous, 1- celled. Testa of the seed membranous; endosperm fleshy, or rarely wanting. About 25 genera and 140 species, mostly tropical.