Leaves simple, alternate, rarely subopposite or subverticillate, usually glandular-serrate; stipules usually absent or minute

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• 1
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Trees or shrubs

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• 1
]. 

Flowers hermaphrodite or less often dioecious or polygamous, mostly in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles, or cymes; in one genus epiphyllous

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• 1
]. 

Stamens (4)5(6), sometimes alternating with staminodes, perigynous, free; anthers 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits

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• 1
]. 

Ovary superior or inferior, syncarpous or apocarpous, 1-6-locular; ovules with axile or parietal placentation; ovules numerous; styles 1-6, free or ± joined

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• 1
]. 

Petals 4-5, free or rarely connate into a short tube, imbricate or valvate

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• 1
]. 

Disk annular or with lobes alternating with the stamens

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• 1
]. 

Sepals 4-5, mostly united at the base or rarely free, imbricate or valvate, often persistent

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• 1
]. 

Seeds few to many, with small or large embryo and copious endosperm

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• 1
]. 

Fruit a capsule or berry

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• 1
]. 

Petals 4–5, free or rarely connate into a short tube, imbricate or valvate

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• 2
]. 

Disk annular or with lobes alternating with the stamens

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Sepals 4–5, mostly united at the base or rarely free, imbricate or valvate, often persistent

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Fruit a capsule or berry

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Seeds few to many, with small or large embryo and copious endosperm

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Stamens (4–)5(–6), sometimes alternating with staminodes, perigynous, free; anthers 2-celled, opening by longitudinal slits

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Ovary superior or inferior, syncarpous or apocarpous, 1–6-locular; ovules with axile or parietal placentation; ovules numerous; styles 1–6, free or ± joined

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Trees or shrubs

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Leaves simple, alternate, rarely subopposite or subverticillate, usually glandular-serrate; stipules usually absent or minute

Source: [
• 2
]. 

Flowers hermaphrodite or less often dioecious or polygamous, mostly in terminal or axillary racemes, panicles, or cymes; in one genus epiphyllous

Source: [
• 2
].