MYRTACEAE

Plants: strawberry guava, mountain apple, eucalyptus Most have capsules that contain tiny seeds with hair that act like parachutes to carry in the wind. Protruding stamens 5 corolla 5 sepals leaves are aromatic and contain oil glands

BRASSICACEAE (CRUCIFERAE)
Plants: broccoli, Kai Choy, cabbage, cauliflower, horseradish, radish scented with compounds called mustard oil (sulfur smell) flowers are bractless racemes stamens are tetradynamous petals are arranged in the form of a cross (cruciferae means cross-bearer) contains replum that divides the ovary into two locules.

MORACEAE
Usually with milky sap includes: fig, banyan (Ficus benghalensis), breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), mulberry compound flower compound fruits two carpels laticifer: elongated secretory cell found in leaves that produce latex or rubber

URTICACEAE
stinging hairs on stem and leaves sessile inflorescence (along the stem) that forms globules seeds look like sunflower seeds glandular hairs that contain alkaloids can irritate the skin Plants: giant nettle (urtica dioica), artillery plant (pilea microphylla), clear weed (pilea pumila)

CUCURBITACEAE
Vines not perfect flowers (imperfect) free seeds in locule reduced calyx Plants: watermelon (citrullus lanatus), cucumber (cucumis sativus), pumpkin

MALVACEAE
monadelphous stamen plants: hibiscus, cotton, okra, cacao (theobroma cacao), durian fruits: schizocarps, or nuts crescent shaped anther unilocular anthers

RUTACEAE
oil glands, often strongly scented Plants: grapefruit (citrus paradisi), lemon (citrus x limon), lime, orange (citrus sinensis) petioles often winged woody trees perfect and complete flowers

ANACARDIACEAE
Produces urushiol an oily organic allergen (causes rash) small hypanthium and flowers Plants: mango (magnifer indica), pistachio (pistacia vera), cashew (anacardium occidentale), poison ivy most genera have 10 stamen superior ovary panicle inflorescence

RUBIACEAE
flowers born in cyme (oldest flower on top) Plants: coffee (coffea arabica), Ixora coccinea, gardenia, noni

LAMIACEAE
leaves are opposite stem is square scented glands plants: mint (mentha), chiso (perila fructescens), lavender (lavandula anjustifolia), basil (ocimum basilicum), oregano united petals (fused petals for upper lip and fused petals for lower lip) united sepals

 didynamous stamen

SOLANACEAE
ovary contains many disk shaped seeds, flattened seed Plants: tomato (lycopersicon esculentum), potato (solanum tuberosum), chili peppers (physalis philadelphica), Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco), Brugmansia (angels trumpet) family contains alkaloids some of which are extremely poisonous. funnelform flower

ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)
5 stamens and filaments are fused to the corolla flower head: disk floret and ray floret indeterminate (most mature flowers at edge) pappus is used in id for different members of asteraceae Plants: lettuce (lactuca sativa), artichoke (cynara scolymus), sunflower (helianthus annuus).

ARACEAE
contains spadix with reduced flowers sagittate leaf spathe staminate flowers on the upper half of spadix and pistillate flowers on the lower half kalo, anthurium, caladium

LILIACEAE
3 petals 3 sepals Plants: onion, asparagus, garlic originates from a bulb, cone, rhizome