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Connarus family
Connaraceae
マメモドキ科
A tropical family of about 12 genera and 180 species. In Japan, Rourea minor and others grow in the Nansei Islands. Mostly woody climbers or small trees, with compound leaves and characteristically dehiscent fruits.
Key Characteristics
- ●Woody climbers or shrubs and small trees
- ●Leaves are odd-pinnately compound
- ●Flowers are pentamerous, small, sometimes fragrant
- ●Fruit is a leathery follicle that dehisces when ripe, exposing seeds with orange-red arils
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Compound
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Tree / Vine
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Compound type
Ternate / Pinnate
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Free / Fused
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
3-4
Plant sex
Dioecious / Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Celastrales > Connaraceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Establishment of the woody climbing life form in tropical forests
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