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Shrubs, trees, much-branched, often in saline habitatsRetrieve key for TAMARICACEAE
Stem: trunk bark rough
Leaves alternate, sessile, entire
Inflorescence: racemes or spikes; bracts scale-like
Flower: sepals 46, generally free, overlapping; petals 45, overlapping, generally attached below nectary; stamens 410, attached to disk-like nectary; ovary 1-chambered, placentas parietal or basal, ovules 2many, styles 25
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal
Seeds many, hairy
Genera in family: ± 5 genera, 100 species: Eurasia, Africa, especially Medit.