malpighIaceæ

pl. [Mod. Latin, ., malpighi (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff.- aceӕ. ] Bot .: Malpighiads, an order of hypogynous exogens, alliance Sap in dales. It consists of trees or shrubs, occasionally climbing, generally having opposite or whorled leaves with glands on the stalk below. Flowers yellow, red, white, or very rarely blue; calyx, five-parted, as a rule glandular; petals five, unguiculate; stamens generally ten often monadelphous; carpels, three, two, or four styles, distinct or united; fruit, a drupe, a woody nut, or a samara. At least 400 are found in South America, others in Africa, Asia, Polynesia, . Known genera, 42; species, 555.