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Trees [or prostrate shrubs], evergreen, aromatic. Pith homogeneous. Leaves alternate, simple, without stipules; petiole short. Leaf blade pinnately veined, unlobed, margins entire; pellucid dots (oil cells in tissue of leaf) conspicuous or inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, cymes [racemes or solitary flowers], pedunculate; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual; perianth hypogynous, segments imbricate; sepals persistent, 3; petals 5[-12] in 1[-4] whorl(s); stamens [7-]10[-12], hypogynous, monadelphous; filaments connate, forming tube around pistil; anthers extrorse, longitudinally dehiscent; pistil 1, superior, 2-6-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; placentation parietal, placentas 2[-6]; ovules 2-3 per placenta; style 1, generally short; stigma 1, usually 2-6-lobed. Fruits berries. Seeds 2 or more, not arillate; endosperm oily [ruminate].

Arbres'ou arbrisseaux aromatiques.'Feuilles'sans stipules, alternes, simples, penninerves, à points translucides.'Inflorescences'axillaires ou axillaires et terminales, en cymes, en racèmes ou fleurs solitaires; bractées et bractéoles souvent présentes, parfois minuscules.'Fleurs'☿, régulières; sépales 3, libres ou soudés à la base; pétales 4-12, les externes souvent plus grands, imbriqués dans le bouton, libres ou soudés en tube campanulé largement lobé; tube staminal portant au sommet à l'extérieur 5-20 anthères 2-loculaires, à déhiscence longitudinale; loges parfois divisées en logettes; ovaire supère, 1-loculaire, à 2-6 placentas centraux portant 2-∞ ovules semi-anatropes; style court, épais; stigmate 2-6-lobé ou tronqué.'Fruits': baies.'Graines 2-∞, ± luisantes; albumen charnu et oléagineux.\n\t\t\tFamille groupant 5 genres et 11 espèces de la Floride du Sud, des Antilles, d'Amérique du Sud, de Madagascar et d'Afrique tropicale orientale; au Congo, 1 genre et 1 espèce.

Fruit a berry Seeds 2-many, shining with oily fleshy endosperm Stamens hypogynous, 6–12; filaments united into a tube; anthers extrorse, adnate to the upper part of the tube, bilobed, each lobe composed of two microsporangia Ovary superior, unilocular; ovules 2-many on 2–6 parietal placentas, subanatropous Style short and thick; stigmas 2–6 Sepals 3, persistent Petals 5–12, free or united into a tube at the base, rather thick, in 1 or 2 whorls Inflorescences axillary or axillary and terminal, cymose Flowers regular, hermaphrodite Leaves simple, alternate, gland-dotted, without stipules Aromatic glabrous trees Seeds 2-many, shining with oily fleshy endosperm Stamens hypogynous, 6–12; filaments united into a tube; anthers extrorse, adnate to the upper part of the tube, bilobed, each lobe composed of two microsporangia Ovary superior, unilocular; ovules 2-many on 2–6 parietal placentas, subanatropous Style short and thick; stigmas 2–6 Sepals 3, persistent Petals 5–12, free or united into a tube at the base, rather thick, in 1 or 2 whorls Inflorescences axillary or axillary and terminal, cymose Flowers regular, hermaphrodite Leaves simple, alternate, gland-dotted, without stipules Aromatic glabrous trees

Style thick and short; stigmas 2–5 Fruit a berry Stamens hypogynous, up to 20; filaments united into a tube; anthers extrorse, adnate to the upper part of the tube Ovary superior, 1–locular; ovules 2–many, subanatropous; placentation parietal, placentae 2–5 Seeds 2–many, shining, with oily and fleshy endosperm Petals 4–12, free or connate, thin, imbricate or wanting Aromatic glabrous trees Leaves simple, gland-dotted, alternate, without stipules Inflorescences axillary or axillary and terminal, cymose; bracts three, persistent Flowers regular, hermaphrodite Sepals 4–5, free, rather thick, imbricate Fruit a berry Stamens hypogynous, up to 20; filaments united into a tube; anthers extrorse, adnate to the upper part of the tube Ovary superior, 1–locular; ovules 2–many, subanatropous; placentation parietal, placentae 2–5 Seeds 2–many, shining, with oily and fleshy endosperm Petals 4–12, free or connate, thin, imbricate or wanting Aromatic glabrous trees Leaves simple, gland-dotted, alternate, without stipules Inflorescences axillary or axillary and terminal, cymose; bracts three, persistent Flowers regular, hermaphrodite Sepals 4–5, free, rather thick, imbricate