3. Consists of hermaphroditic, rarely monoecious or polygamous trees, shrubs or herbs Often with either stellatetrichomes or peltate scales Eudicot
4. Leaves Simple or palmatelycoumpound Sometime lobed to divided Palmately or pinnately veined Usually spiral and stipulate Stipules often caducous Caducous- falling early before associated organs are mature
8. Calyx Aposepalous (distinct sepals) Basally synsepalous (flowers with fused sepals) 5 [less often 3 or 4] Valvate sepals (meeting without overlapping)
9. Corolla Apopetalous (distinct, separate petals) Sometmesadnate to the base of an androecium tube Rarely absent 5 [3, 4] Clawed, convolute, valvate or imbricate petals
10. Stamen 5 ∞ Filaments usually connate Either as tube surrounding the ovary or bundles of stamens or a tube bearing bundles
11. Anthers & Pollen Anther: longitudinal or poricidal (through pores) dehiscence Pollen: spinulose or smooth
13. Style, Placentation & Nectaries Style: Unlobed, lobed or branched at apex Placentation: axile Nectaries: consists of glandular trichomes typically present at the adaxial base of the calyx
14. Fruit & Seeds Fruits: Loculicidal Septicidal Indehiscent capsule Schizocarp of mericarps Rarely berry or samara Seeds: Exalbuminous (no endosperm) or Endorspermous (oily and starchy endosperm)
15. Economic Importance Fiber Plants: Gossypium spp. (cotton, world’s most important plant) Ceibapentandra (kapok) Corchorus spp. (jute, source of burlap) Food and Flavoring Plants Theobroma cacao (cacao, source of chocolate) Cola nitida(cola) Abelmoschus (okra) Duriozibethinus (Durian)
