Woody perennials; branchlets angular due to decurrent leaf-bases. Leaves alternate, simple, ±flat, chartaceous, glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary or terminal to short branches; bracteoles several towards base of pedicel. Sepals 5, free, imbricate, suborbicular, coriaceous. Petals 5, free, imbricate, multiveined, glabrous, persistent. Stamens 10, free, pyramidally arranged; filament linear; anther dorsifixed by a firm attachment to apex of filament, oblong-cordate; thecae sparsely pilose and produced into a lanceolate, densely bearded apiculum 2–3 mm long. Disc a narrow lobed rim around ovary, glabrous. Carpels 5, glabrous, ±free, without sterile apices. Style short, inserted near apex of adaxial margin of carpels; stigma globular.
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