Ebenaceae

Description

855 spp

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

Growing form

Trees, shrubs

Leaf

Leaves alternate in two rows, simple; margin entire; no stipules; ±black gland dots on the lamina

Flower

Dioecious (or bisexual). Flower: (2-)3-5(-7) sepals; (2-)3-5(-7) connate petals; 3-28 stamens, filaments often appendiculate; ovary superior.

Fruit and seed

Fruit a drupe or berry (or capsule), typically subtended by partially fused and flattened calyx lobes

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

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Observations
  • Total squares
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Ebenaceae
Author
Gürke
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.4986574
Taxon rank
family
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants