Evergreen, perennial trees or shrubs, rarely herbs or climbers, sometimes armed, usually glandular punctate and aromatic. Leaves usually alternate, sometimes opposite, simple or compound, exstipulate. Inflorescence solitary, axillary or terminal cymes, panicles, rarely simple racemes. Flowers bisexual, rarely staminate, actinomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals (3-) 4-5, free or basally united. Petals (3-) 4-5, imbricate or valvate. Stamens equal or twice the number of petals or numerous; filaments free or mono- or polyadelphous; anthers bithecous, longitudinal dehiscence, introrse. Disc within stamens, crenate or lobed, sometimes large and long. Ovary usually of 4-5 free or connate carpels, superior, ovules 1- many, usually 2 in each loculus, placentation axile; styles free or united, as many as carpels. Fruit a capsule, berry, drupe or schizocarp (1-4 capsular cocci). Seeds oblong or reniform.

153 genera, 1200-1600 species

Aegle marmelos

Citrus japonica

Citrus x limon

Citrus maxima

Citrus medica

Murraya koenigii

Murraya paniculata