Moraceae

(botany) A family of dicotyledonous woody plants in the order Urticales characterized by two styles or style branches, anthers inflexed in the bud, and secretion of a milky juice.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis
  Synonyms: family Moraceae, mulberry family

Moraceae
Panama Rubber Tree (Castilla elastica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Link
Genera
See text.

Moraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mulberry family. It comprises about 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common in temperate climates. Included are well-known plants like the fig, banyan, breadfruit, mulberry, and osage-orange.

Genera

Antiaris Antiaropsis Artocarpus - Breadfruit, Jackfruit Bagassa Batocarpus Bosqueiopsis Brosimum - Breadnut Broussonetia - Paper Mulberry Castilla Clarisia Craterogyne Cudrania Dorstenia Fatoua

Ficus - Fig, Banyan Helianthostylis Helicostylis Hullettia Maclura - Osage-orange Maquira Mesogyne Metatrophis Milicia Morus - Mulberry Naucleopsis Olmedia Olmediopsis Parartocarpus

Perebia Poulsenia Prainea Pseudolmedia Scyphosyce Sorocea Sparattosyce Streblus Treculia Trilepisium Trophis Trymatococcus Utsetela

External Reference

• Moraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.

Piratineria guyanensis

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