Trees? Indumentum rusty-brown sericeous to tomentose, hairs simple. Leaves paripin-nate, pseudostipules absent; petiole and petiolules pulvinate. Leaflets (sub)opposite, not punctate; lower surface papillate, domatia absent. Inflorescences axillary, thyrses, branching along rachis, the latter pilose when young; cymules aggregated, basally dichasial, apical-ly cincinnate. Bracts and bracteoles triangular, completely tomentose. Flowers apparently bisexual, but male and female flowers discernible. Sepals 5, equal, basally connate, cupule-like, completely tomentose. Petals absent. Disc subcupular, flat, uninterrupted, 5-lobed, tomentose. Stamens 8; filaments tomentose, especially in lower half; anthers basifixed in cleft, glabrous, dehiscence latrorse in male flowers. Pistil: ovary pyramidal, tomentose, 3-locular, smooth, not lobed, sessile; ovule one per locule; style pyramidal, apically slightly opening and recurving, stigmas inside. Fruit scapsular, dehiscent, not lobed, stipitate, or winged, smooth, densely shortly pilose outside, margins obtuse; mesocarp corky, basally somewhat thicker; inside glabrous. Seeds without arillode; endotesta thick, ruminate.
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