Pharmaceutical botany - Lighthouse Survival Blog
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CASHEW FAMILY 77<br />
Family 17. Rosacea.—A family of polypetalous plants—the<br />
rose family—with alternate simple or compound stipulate leaves, and<br />
regular flowers with usually numerous distinct stamens inserted on the<br />
urn-shaped calyx. It embraces 80 genera, and nearly 2000 species,<br />
found in all parts of the world.<br />
Trees, shrubs and a few herbs. The flowers bear comparatively<br />
many petals. The fruits vary greatly and may be fleshy,, an akene,<br />
berry or a drupe. Many of the fruits are edible.<br />
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