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Give me the general characteristics and examples of the Myrtacea family
- Bottle Brushes, Tea Trees,Paper barks,lillie pillies and eucalyptus
- Most common is the eucalyptus
- It is is southern hemisphere family
- used for canoes bark, honey and water
- characteristically produce oil in their oil glands
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Give me the typical characteristics of myrtacae flower
- 4-5 petals
- symmetrical
- have inferior ovary
- more than 10 stamens
- oil glands found in leaves and ovaries
- have nectar to attract pollinators
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Describe Eucalyptus flowers
- have a protective cap known as opercula instead of sepals and petals
- wehn the flower oens the caps 637639 and stamens are displayed
- sometimes two caps
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