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Myrtaceae (Large order of trees shrubs)

A large order of trees, shrubs, or very rarely sub-shrubs, scarcely ever sub-scandent, inhabiting, for the most part, the tropical regions of the globe. Inflorescence axillary, simple, racemose or racemose-paniculate, rarely cymose. Leaves simple, entire, or rarely obscurely crenate-serrate, opposite or alternate, often dotted from pellucid glands sunk into the parenchyma, narrowed into a petiole at the base (or sessile); stipules usually none, or rarely geminate at the base of the petioles, minute, caducous. The order comprises about seventy-six genera and 1800 species. Illustrative genera are: Darwinia, Hypocalymma, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, and Myrtus.