Pittosporaceae

The Pittosporaceaefamilyincludes a group of floweringplants in approximately 9-10 genera and200 species. It is spread from the tropical to the temperate climate latitudes. The plants are trees orshrubs;some have ciliates and sometimes thorns.The leaves are simple, opposite with oval or sharp peaks of the leaf lamina, rarely with serrated edge. The flowersarebisexual, sometimes unisexual, regular – actynomorphic, rarely irregular– zygomorphic. The fruit is a capsule.