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Leaves entire or distantly angular (includes Flacourtiaceae) Salicaceae
Petals and/or sepals absent, inflorescence a catkin. Fruit a capsule
Leaves broad-elliptic, ovate, triangular or rhombic; usually more than 5 cm wide. Flowers with disc shaped nectary Populus
Leaves 3–9 cm long densely hairy below, 3–5-lobed or coarsely toothed. Catkins 3.5–6 cm long. Capsule c. 3 mm long. Spreading by suckers. Introd. from Eurasia and N. Africa Populus alba