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Celastraceae
About 90-100 genera, including:
Cassine –
Catha – Khat
Celastrus – Staff vine or Staff tree
Euonymus – Spindle
Maytenus – Maiten
Mortonia – Mortonia
Paxistima
Putterlickia
Tripterygium
The Celastraceae, or staff vine family, is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only Celastrus (the staff vines) and Euonymus (the spindles) widespread in temperate climates.
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