Family Rutaceae

Characteristics

• are usually small to medium shrubs
• leaves are often aromatic, containing oil glands
• flowers have four to five sepals and petals and are white, yellow, purple, pink or red in colour
• fruit is a capsule which releases seed very quickly when ripe Correa species

Correa baeuerlenii

Four genera from the family Rutaceae are:

• Correa
• Boronia
• Eriostemon
• Crowea

Flower structure of the genus Boronia

Flower structure of the genus Correa

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