Connaraceae
Indian Zebrawood Family
The Connaraceae family (Indian Zebrawood Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Oxalidales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 4 species across 2 genera. Members range from shrubs to climbing shrubs. Well-represented genera include Connarus and Rourea. Familiar examples include Indian Zebrawood and Konkan Zebrawood.
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Pinnately compound leaves on shrubs and climbing lianas; small, five-petalled flowers ripen into a follicle that splits open on one side to reveal a single seed, often partly wrapped in a bright fleshy aril.
The single, brightly arillate seed inside a one-sided-splitting follicle is the family's most reliable field mark, echoed across its many, mostly tropical genera.
Which Connaraceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Connaraceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Connaraceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodTypical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Notable members
Families that can look similar
Oxalidaceae
Compare against Oxalidaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare OxalidaceaeElaeocarpaceae
Compare against Elaeocarpaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ElaeocarpaceaeFabaceae
Compare against Fabaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare FabaceaeCaesalpiniaceae
Compare against Caesalpiniaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare CaesalpiniaceaeAll 4 species in CONNARACEAE
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