Icacinaceae Miers Alternatively Irvingbaileyaceae Including Emmotaceae Van Tiegh. Habit and leaf form . Self supporting, or climbing. Helophytic, or mesophytic.
Leaves exstipulate .
Lamina margins entire to dentate. Leaves without a persistent basal meristem. Leaf anatomy . Mucilaginous epidermis present, or absent. Stomata anomocytic, or anisocytic, or paracytic.