Habit: tree, shrub, liana

Important diagnostics: spiny stems or leaves

Taxon group: monocots

Leaf: position: cauline

Leaf: blade: margin: lobed, cleft, parted or divided

Flowers: inflorescence: spadix

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual, unisexual

Flowers: perianth number: 6

Flowers: perianth nature: perianth of calyx and corolla

Stamen: number: 3, 4, 5, 6

Pistil: carpel: 3

Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed, 3-loculed

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule

Pistil: pistil: carpels free from each other

Ovary: position: superior

Fruit: types and characters: fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)

Seed: endosperm: seeds with endosperm

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Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link