Rubiaceae
Fls in open to congested cymes or fascicles to solitary, perfect to unisexual, 4-5-merous, us. regular; calyx lobed to truncate, sts absent; corolla gamopetalous. Stamens inserted on corolla-tube alt. with lobes; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary us. inferior, us. 2-loculed; fr. dry or succulent, endosperm us. cop. Trees, shrubs and herbs with opp. decussate entire or rarely toothed stipulate lvs. Stipules intra- or inter-petiolar, often lflike. Subcosmopolitan, with some 400 genera and over 5000 spp.
