Family · Rosids

Huaceae

Small African family of trees and lianas whose crushed bark and leaves smell strongly of garlic.

Accepted species: 4accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈22 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Africamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Hua gabonii
Afrostyrax

Genera

Afrostyrax3 spp.
Hua1 spp.

Where it grows

Africa4

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Huaceae sits in the order Oxalidales.