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Identification
- Leaves simple, alternate, entire, without stipules.
- Often with opposite or whorled leaves at some nodes.
- Flowers small with tubular corolla, unisexual.
- Fruit a 1-seeded berry.
Diagnosis: Trees and treelets, without stipules, leaves simple, usually with a mixture of alternate and opposite leaves on same twig, often with 4 leaves at some nodes, margin entire, often with inconspicuous lateral veins.
Similar families
| Lauraceae | : twigs angular or grooved, weak aromatic odor or minute translucent dots. |
| Loranthaceae | : no unpaired leaves. |
| Solanaceae | : paired leaves arise together, not opposite; lateral veins conspicuous. |
Diversity: Total: 4 genera, 9 species. Trees: 3 genera, 5 species.
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