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Ovary hairy; ovules few, in 2 series in each loculus; style, clavuncle and stigma very short.
Stamens inserted in the lower third of the tube, anthers subsessile, without carina.
Fruit a few-seeded glabrous berry without sclerified pericarp.
Rhizomatous shrubs with straight stems; tendrils absent.
Latex present, abundant in the rootstocks.
Cymes terminal and axillary.
Calyx lobes ± free to base.
Stipules absent.
Spines absent.