CELASTRACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 241

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scientific name	CELASTRACEAE
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C. CELASTRACEAE View in CoL 3

Trees, shrubs or climbers. Leaves simple; stipules small or absent. Inflorescence usually cymose. Flowers actinomorphic, usually hermaphrodite. Calyx 4- to 5-lobed; petals 4-5, rarely absent, usually small and greenish; stamens 4-5, opposite the calyx-

lobes; disk usually present; ovary superior, 1 - to 5-locular; ovules l-2(-many) in each loculus.

Unarmed; ovary and capsule 4- to 5-locular

1. Euonymus Densely spiny; ovary and capsule 2-locular

2. Maytenus