Boraginaceae
(Borage Family)
Habit
- herbs (shrubs, trees); with
bristly hairs
Leaves
-
alternate,
simple,
entire
Inflorescence
-
scorpioid cyme
Flowers
-
regular
(irregular)
Sepals
- 5,
distinct or
connate
Petals
- 5,
connate;
corolla usu.
rotate and often bearing appendages
Stamens
- 5,
adnate to
corolla
Ovary
-
superior, of 2 (4)
fused carpels,
shallowly
4-lobed or divided into 4
locules each with 1
ovule
Style
- 1,
terminal or
gynobasic,
entire or 2 (4)
lobed
Fruit
- 1-4
nutlets
Diversity
- 110 genera / 2400 species
Distribution
- cosmopolitan (trees in tropics)
Economics
- cultivated ornamentals (wood in tropics)
Notes
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