Corema D.Don

Subshrubs or shrubs, (aromatic). Stems erect, (branches ascending); old twigs rough with persistent leaf bases, young twigs hairy. Leaves persistent, opposite or whorled; petiole present; blade coriaceous, margins entire. Inflorescences terminal capitula (on current year’s growth), 3-7[-9]-flowered; perulae absent. Flowers unisexual (dioecious), radially symmetric; sepals 4-5, distinct; petals absent [3-4, distinct]; stamens [2-]3-4, exserted; anthers without awns, longitudinally dehiscent; ovary 3-5-locular; style exserted; stigma linear. Fruits drupaceous, [white to pink] (gray), globose, dry [fleshy]. Seeds (pyrenes) 3-5, planoconvex, not winged, not tailed; testa smooth. x = 13.