Shrubs or small trees, glabrous. Leaves simple, coriaceous. Inflorescence an open, axillary spike; bracts narrowly ovate, spreading. Flowers ±regular. Perianth segments narrowly ovate, acute; apices thickened and recurved. Stamens free, dimorphic; filaments inserted at base of perianth segments, compressed, expanded at their apices around anthers; adaxial filament with an awn-like extension; anthers 4-locular, dehiscing introrsely. Hypogynous glands 4, clavate. Ovary sessile, ovate, 1-locular; ovule solitary, pendulous; style short, filiform; stigma minute, terminal. Fruit a globose, 1-seeded drupe.
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