▁are ▁mostly ▁shr ubs ▁and ▁v ines ▁: ▁rarely ▁her bs . ▁They ▁include ▁some ▁orn amental ▁garden ▁plants ▁grown ▁in ▁temper ate ▁regions . ▁The ▁leaves ▁are ▁mostly ▁opposite ▁with ▁no ▁st ip ules ▁( append ages ▁at ▁the ▁base ▁of ▁a ▁leaf st alk ▁or ▁pet io le ), ▁and ▁may ▁be ▁either ▁ever green ▁or ▁decid uous . ▁The ▁flowers ▁are ▁tub ular ▁fun nel - sh aped ▁or ▁bell - like , ▁usually ▁with ▁five ▁out ward ▁spread ing ▁lo bes ▁or ▁points , ▁and ▁are ▁often ▁fra gr ant . ▁They ▁usually ▁form ▁a ▁small ▁cal y x ▁with ▁small ▁b ract s . ▁The ▁fruit ▁is ▁in ▁most ▁cases ▁a ▁ber ry ▁or ▁a ▁dru pe . ▁The ▁gener a ▁D ier villa ▁and ▁We ig ela ▁have ▁caps ular ▁fruit , ▁while ▁He pt ac od ium ▁has ▁an ▁ach ene . ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁View s ▁of ▁the ▁family - level ▁classification ▁of ▁the ▁tradition ally ▁accepted ▁Cap rif olia ceae ▁and ▁other ▁plants ▁in ▁the ▁botan ical ▁order ▁D ips ac ales ▁have ▁been ▁consider ably ▁re vised ▁in ▁recent ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁Most ▁botan ists ▁now ▁accept ▁the ▁pla cement ▁of ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁familiar ▁members ▁of ▁this ▁group , ▁the ▁elder ber ries ▁( S amb uc us ) ▁and ▁the ▁v ib urn ums ▁( V ib urn um ), ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁A do x aceae ▁instead ; ▁these ▁were ▁formerly ▁class ified ▁here . ▁ ▁Several ▁other