Xanthophyllaceae
Xanthophyllum Family
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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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.
Which Xanthophyllaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Xanthophyllaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Xanthophyllaceae, 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 methodNotable members
Families that can look similar
Fabaceae
Compare against Fabaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare FabaceaeCaesalpiniaceae
Compare against Caesalpiniaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare CaesalpiniaceaeMimosaceae
Compare against Mimosaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare MimosaceaePolygalaceae
Compare against Polygalaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PolygalaceaeAll 2 species in XANTHOPHYLLACEAE
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