Styracaceae
Silver Bells Family
The Styracaceae family (Silver Bells Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Ericales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a tree.
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Alternate, often star-hair-covered leaves on shrubs and trees; white, bell-shaped, five-petalled flowers dangle beneath the branch on slender stalks, ripening into a hard, dry drupe.
Resin tapped from the bark of several species (storax, benzoin) has been burned as incense and used in perfumery since antiquity for its warm, vanilla-like fragrance.
Typical leaf characters
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.
All 1 species in STYRACACEAE
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