Rauvolfioideae
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Description
Trees, shrubs or climbers, rarely herbs.
Leaves opposite or in whorls or spirally arranged.
Inflorescence cymose, flowers rarely solitary;
Flowers 5-merous, rarely 4-merous (in Leuconotis and occasionally in Alyxia kabaenae);
Sepals with or without colleters inside.
Stamens inserted on the inside of the corolla tube;
Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent; a drupe, berry, capsule or follicle.
Seeds simple, arillate, winged, or with a ciliate margin.