Celastraceae

Petals free at the base and above but connate or coherent in the middle (includes Stackhousiaceae) Celastraceae

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Trees, shrubs or climbers, petals and ovary free

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Leaves alternate. Fruit a capsule

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Erect shrubs. Ovary and fruit 2-locular

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Leaves linear, ericoid, pungent; stipules prominent, lobed Apatophyllum

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Leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate, not pungent; stipules minute or absent Maytenus