WorldFloraDB - Humiriaceae

Characteristics

Stamens 10 or more, hypogynous, more or less connate in the lower part; anthers versatile, 2–4-celled, opening lengthwise

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Fruit a drupe with rather thin fleshy pericarp and hard endocarp, sometimes with numerous resin-filled cavities

Ovary free, sessile, 5–7-celled; style simple; ovules 1–3, pendulous from the apex, anatropous

Seeds 1–2 in each cell; embryo straight in the middle of copious endosperm; cotyledons short

Disk annular and often toothed, or of separate glands, surrounding the base of the ovary

Petals 5, free, soon falling away, slightly imbricate-contorted

Sepals 5, imbricate, shortly or wholly connate

Leaves alternate, simple; stipules absent

Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic

Trees or shrubs

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Images

Humiriaceae unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126607-1
WFO ID	wfo-7000000282
COL ID	B6W
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	597859
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Humiriaceae

Lower taxons

Endopleura Duckesia Humiriastrum Hylocarpa Schistostemon Sacoglottis Vantanea Humiria