Elaeagnaceae
Oleaster Family
The Elaeagnaceae family (Oleaster Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Rosales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a climbing shrub. Several members are valued in traditional medicine.
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Alternate or opposite leaves coated in a distinctive silvery or rust-coloured scaly sheen on shrubs and climbers; small, petal-less, fragrant flowers show a petal-like calyx tube instead, ripening into a berry-like drupe.
The silvery, scale-covered leaf surface is created by thousands of tiny star-shaped or shield-shaped hairs, a texture unique enough to identify the family by touch alone.
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
TypeSimple- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitDrupe
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 1 species in ELAEAGNACEAE
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