Shrubs [trees]. Stems erect; twigs glabrous. Leaves persistent, alternate, (reduced in size proximal to inflorescence); petiole present; blade chartaceous [coriaceous], margins entire. Inflorescences terminal racemes or panicles, 2-5-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary; perulae absent. Flowers bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals [5] 7, connate for 1/2 their lengths; petals [5-]7, distinct, (covered with sticky exudate), corolla deciduous, rotate; stamens [10] 14, included; anthers without awns, dehiscent by terminal pores; ovary [5-]7-locular; style barely exserted; stigma 7-lobed [capitate]. Fruits capsular, depressed-oblong, dehiscence septicidal. Seeds ca. 100-300, ellipsoid [oblong], without wings, with very short tail; testa long-celled reticulate.
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