The Families of Flowering Plants L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz Meliaceae Juss. Including Cedrelaceae R. Br. Excluding Aitoniaceae , Flindersiaceae Habit and leaf form . Often pachycaul .
Leaves exstipulate .
Vegetative buds scaly, or not scaly. Leaves without a persistent basal meristem. Leaf anatomy . Mucilaginous epidermis present, or absent. The mesophyll with sclerencymatous idioblasts, or without sclerenchymatous idioblasts.