MYOPORACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 297

CLXII. MYOPORACEAE 1

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers 5-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a short tube and weakly zygomorphic limb. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the corolla-tube and alternating with the lobes. Ovary superior, 2- to 10- locular; style filiform; ovules usually 1 or 2 in each loculus. Fruit a drupe.