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.
To check whether a plant belongs to Styracaceae, 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 symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitDrupe
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Families that can look similar
Myrsinaceae
Compare against Myrsinaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare MyrsinaceaeSymplocaceae
Compare against Symplocaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare SymplocaceaeBalsaminaceae
Compare against Balsaminaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare BalsaminaceaeSapotaceae
Compare against Sapotaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare SapotaceaeAll 1 species in STYRACACEAE
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