Dichapetalaceae
Dichapetalum Family
The Dichapetalaceae family (Dichapetalum Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a shrub.
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Simple, alternate leaves on shrubs and lianas with small paired stipules; small flowers cluster in the leaf axils and ripen into a fuzzy, often lobed drupe.
Several species accumulate fluoroacetate, a potent natural toxin, in their leaves and seeds — one of the few plant families known to biosynthesise organofluorine poisons at all.
To check whether a plant belongs to Dichapetalaceae, 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 methodNotable members
Families that can look similar
Euphorbiaceae
Compare against Euphorbiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare EuphorbiaceaeClusiaceae
Compare against Clusiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ClusiaceaeFlacourtiaceae
Compare against Flacourtiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare FlacourtiaceaePassifloraceae
Compare against Passifloraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PassifloraceaeAll 1 species in DICHAPETALACEAE
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