Icacinaceae
Fls small, perfect to unisexual, regular, in panicles. Calyx 4-5-lobed or -toothed, inferior; petals 4-5, valvate, sts united at base; stamens alt. with petals, sts 4-lobed; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise; filaments often hairy; disk us. absent. Ovary 1-(3-5)-celled; style 1; stigmas (2)-3-(5); ovules pend. Fr. us. a drupe; seeds us. with endosperm. Trees or shrubs with us. alt., simple, exstipulate lvs. Widespread in tropics and subtropics, of some 40 genera and 225 spp.
