ONAGRACEAE - Evening Primrose Family
Mostly herbs
Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled
Flowers bisexual,
actinomorphic, in a variety of infls., gynoecium of 4 carpels with 1
locule, style sometimes parted
or lobed, reflecting the number
of carpels
Fruit a capsule, nut or
berry
Seeds with little or no endosperm
17 genera, 675 species
Onagraceae is a well-defined family of little economic
importance
Medicinal uses - wide range of uses including seed oil for
eczema, inflammations, and a variety of metabolic disorders
associated with prostaglandin production.
Diagnostic characteristics: 4-merous flowers, inferior ovary, lobed
or parted style branch, often showy flowers, hypanthium with CA, CO,
and A inserted on its rim
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