Guttiferae

(Hypsophylls), simple, untoothed, often with straight secondary veins placed very close and parallel. showy petals. Stamens many, usually free. Style long. sap. sometimes a stipule like structure, often with wavy canals that look like extra veins. often bundled, rarely with apical gland. Styles short, broad and blunt. variously bundled or not, the anthers sometimes with glands. a capsule with winged seeds. || the free stamens, the sometimes large apical glands of the stamens, and the long styles. ||  || ==General info== 14 genera and 600 species. canopy. species. common on wet soils sites. genus //Cratoxylum// can be easily distinguished by the capsular fruit with winged seeds. || Mesua flower
 * =Calophyllaceae= ||  || =Clusiaceae= ||   || =Hypericaceae= ||
 * ==Family description==
 * Shrubs to trees** with white to yellow sap.
 * Leaves** opposite, sometimes with stipule like structures
 * Flowers** bisexual, with 4-5 sepals (connected) and 4-5
 * Fruits** are drupes. ||  || ==Family description==
 * Small to large trees** (in Asia) with white to yellow
 * Leaves** opposite, simple, no stipules, but
 * Flowers** unisexual, 4-5-merous. Stamens many,
 * Fruits** are fleshy and have several seeds. ||  || ==Family description==
 * Herbs, shrubs and trees** with yellow to red resin.
 * Leaves opposite**, margins entire, with gland dots.
 * Flowers** with 4-5-parts and 5 to many stamens,
 * Fruits** often a berry or drupe, but in //Cratoxylum//
 * ==General info==
 * Distribution** Pan-tropical, 13 genera and 460 species.
 * Ecology** Lowland, often on poor soils.
 * Uses** Timber.
 * Similar to** Clusiaceae, but differ in the bisexual flowers,
 * Distribution** Pan-tropical, but mostly American. With
 * Ecology** Usually in the forest understorey to sub-
 * Uses** Edible fruit (Mangosteen).
 * Similar to** Calophylaceae, but see remarks there. ||  || ==General info==
 * Distribution** pan-tropical. With 9 genera and 540
 * Ecology** Usually in open, light rich places. Also
 * Uses** Timber.
 * Similar to** Calophyllaceae and Clusiaceae, but the
 * ==Treated genera==
 * Calophyllum (many close parallel veins)
 * Mesua (pinnate veins) ||  || ==Treated genera==
 * Garcinia ||  || ==Treated genera==
 * Cratoxylum ||
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Mesua borneensis ||  || Garcinia nervosa

Garcinia mangostana ||  || Cratoxylum sumatranum ||