Thymelaeaceae occurs as family of flowering plants, with astir 700-7L coinage around 50 genera. the personal is has a world-wide distribution however using concentrations within tropical Africa, southeast Asia and Australasia. A coinage include mostly trees and shrubs, with two or three vines and herbaceous plants.

Many genera come of economic importance, notably Gonystylus (Ramin), valued for its hard, white wood, & Daphne, grown for its sweetly scented flowers. Numerous of the mintage come poisonous if eaten.

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