Staphyleaceae
Bladder-Nut Family
The Staphyleaceae family (Bladder-Nut Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Crossosomatales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 2 species. Its members are predominantly trees.
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Opposite, compound leaves with three leaflets on shrubs and small trees; small white flowers ripen into a distinctive papery, inflated, bladder-like capsule that rattles with loose seeds when shaken.
The inflated, papery seed capsule is unmistakable — dry and lightweight enough to rattle audibly when shaken, a rare fruit texture among woody plants.
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To check whether a plant belongs to Staphyleaceae, 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.
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