elaeocarpus family

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1.elaeocarpus family - genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family SantalaceaeElaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceaedilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsMalvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; TiliaceaeElaeocarpus, genus Elaeocarpus - type genus of the family ElaeocarpaceaeAristotelia, genus Aristotelia - small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South Americagenus Muntingia, Muntingia - one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceaegenus Sloanea, Sloanea - genus of tropical hardwood timber trees