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stipulate, pinnately compound, rarely simple and entire. Inflor- 
escence a terminal or axillary raceme. Flowers hermaphrodite or 
rarely polygamo-dioecious, regular; sepals five to four, small; petals 
usually five to four, hypogynous; stamens generally ten to eight, rarely 
Fig. 166 . — Commiphora myrrha — Branch. (Sayre.) 
five, very rarely twenty to sixteen, inserted outside the base of the 
hypogynous disc; filaments united into a tube; carpels usually five to 
three; style simple; ovary free, usually five- to three-celled. Fruit a 
drupe ( Melia ), berry (Vavaea), or capsule ( Cedrella ). Seeds exalbu- 
minous or with fleshy albumen. 
| Official drug Part used Botanical origin Habitat 
Cocillana N.F. Bark Guarea Rusbyi Bolivia 
