Sabiaceae
Sabia Family
The Sabiaceae family (Sabia Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Proteales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 4 species. Its members are predominantly trees. Familiar examples include Indian Honey Sweet Tree and stiff-leaved meliosma.
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Alternate, simple or compound leaves on climbing shrubs and small trees; small, often nodding flowers with parts in fours or fives ripen into a pair of small drupes borne side by side.
A small, little-known Asian family whose fruit typically ripens as two drupes sitting side by side rather than singly, a quiet but consistent field mark.
Which Sabiaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Sabiaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Sabiaceae, 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.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryZygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- InflorescencePanicle
- FruitDrupe
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Families that can look similar
Proteaceae
Compare against Proteaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ProteaceaePlatanaceae
Compare against Platanaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PlatanaceaeArecaceae
Compare against Arecaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ArecaceaeVerbenaceae
Compare against Verbenaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare VerbenaceaeAll 4 species in SABIACEAE
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