STYRACACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 52

CXXXVIII. STYRACACEAE 1

Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, simple, exstipulate. Flowers actinomorphic, hermaphrodite. Calyx more or less adnate to the ovary. Corolla usually sympetalous. Stamens usually twice as many as the corolla-lobes. Ovary superior to inferior , 3- to 5- locular, with axile placentae. Fruit a drupe or capsule.