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Write the distinguishing characters and three plant's scientific name of Verbenaceae family. Plz plz ans fast. It's urgent

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Answered by pallavisharma9
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Characters of Verbenaceae:

Plants herbs, shrubs or trees, leaves simple, exstipulate, opposite or whorled; inflorescence cymose, racemose or spike, flowers hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, hypogynous, calyx gamosepalous, persistent; corolla 5 lobed, gamopetalous sometimes 2 lipped, stamens four, didynamous, unequally paired, epipetalous; carpels two, syncarpous, superior, axile placentation, fruit drupe.
examples:
1. Avicennia alba (White mangrove):

A tree of Sunderban with long pneumatophore and viviparous seeds.

2. Callicarpa arborea (H. Ghiwala):

A tree with hard, light coloured wood.

3. Clerodendron (H. Bharangi) (Clerodendrum L.):

Clerodendron increme – sea shore plant.

4. Duranta repens:

An erect shrubby hedge plant.
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