Lecythidaceae

=Family description=
 * Small** trees without exudate.
 * Leaves** alternate, spiral, usually crowded at twig tips, simple, usually margin toothed. Stipules usually absent.
 * Flowers** bisexual, stamens numerous, colourful and long, protruding far from actual flower, ovary inferior, 2-6-locular, with long slender style.
 * Fruit** large drupes, with persistent calyx and style on top. Sometimes fruits winged.

=General info=
 * Distribution** African and Asian tropics, but most common in Asia. Genera 5, with ca. 50 species.

=Treated genera=
 * Barringtonia
 * Careya