Monimiaceae
An order of rarely climbing, often fragrant, trees or shrubs, natives of the warmer parts of Asia and America, the Mascarene Islands, Australia, and the Southern Islands of the Pacific. The order is divided into two tribes-i. Monimieae, ii. Atherospermeae. Flowers cymose or racemose, rarely solitary, small or medium; inflorescence axillary, or rarely terminal, shorter than the leaves. Leaves opposite, or rarely alternate, entire, or irregularly serrate, coriaceous, or rarely membranaceous, penniveined; stipules none. Monimiaceae possess a tonic and stimulating volatile oil in all their parts; and the succulent fruit of some is edible. There are about twenty-two genera and 150 species. Examples are: Laurelia, Monimia, and Peumus.