Icacinaceae

=Family description=
 * Shrubs to trees, sometimes climbers** without exudate.
 * Leaves** usually simple, usually alternate and spiral, entire (sometimes lobed), petiole sometimes with a groove on upper side. Stipules absent.
 * Inflorescence** cymose.
 * Flowers** 5-merous, small calyx, 5-petals free, white, alternating with the stamens, ovary superior, 3-locular, but usually only one developing fully.
 * Fruit** a drupe.

=General info= Family that is characterized by lack of characteristic characters!!!
 * Distribution** Mostly tropical Africa. With 34 genera.
 * Ecology** Often in closed forest, as understorey to canopy components.
 * Uses** Some species used for their timber.
 * Similar to** Many plant families, making this a difficult to recognize group of plants.

=Treated genera=
 * Apodytes
 * Gonocaryum (**Cardiopteridaceae)**
 * Pittosporopsis

Icacinaceae.pdf

Apodytes dimidiata

Gonocaryum calleryanum

Pittosporopsis kerrii