Tree, bisexual. Leaves alternate, paripinnate or imparipinnate, stipulate; leaflets opposite or subopposite, usually serrate-toothed; abaxial surface white-dotted in areolae with papillae concealing stomata. Inflorescence axillary or supra-axillary, paniculate, bracteate. Flowers regular. Calyx-lobes 5, imbricate. Petals 5, free or adnate to calyx, convolute. Disc absent. Stamens 8–10 in two whorls. Ovary superior, 3-locular; ovules 2 per locule, pendulous; placentation axile; style simple; stigma slightly 3-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds exarillate, endospermic.
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