Rutaceae

Rutaceae

Trees or shrubs with usually compound, exstipulate,pellucid-punctate leaves ; flowers bi-or unisexual; sepals 4-5, imbri-cate: petals 4-5, imbricate or valvate; stamens usually definite; carpels 4-5, free or connate; ovules 1-many in cach cell; carpels 4-5, free or connate; ovules 1-many in cach cell;fruit usually a berry.

1 (a) Leaflets 5-27. Stamens 5+5, filaments alternately short – 2

1 (b) Leaflets 1-5. Stamens 8-many and of the same length – Aegle marmelos

2 (a) Leaflets 5-7, margin undulate. Petals 12-15 mm, oblong to lanceolate. Ripe berries deep orange to red – Murraya paniculata

2 (b) Leaflets 9-27, margin irregularly crenulate. Petals 7 mm, linear-oblong. Ripe berries black – Bergera koenigii