Botanical Family · Fabales

Xanthophyllaceae

Xanthophyllum Family

2 speciesOrder Fabales1+ well-known plants

The Xanthophyllaceae family (Xanthophyllum Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Fabales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 2 species. Its members are predominantly trees.

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Representative XANTHOPHYLLACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Xanthophyllaceae
Key pattern

Simple, alternate, leathery leaves on trees; bilaterally symmetrical, pea-like flowers with winged sepals resemble their close milkwort-family relatives, ripening into a drupe.

Closely related to the milkwort family (Polygalaceae), sharing the same pea-mimicking flower design built from winged sepals rather than true papilionoid petals.

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Yellowish leaf undersides

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