Trees or erect shrubs. Petiole short; leaf blade large, secondary veins arcuately looped near margin. Inflorescences axillary or extra-axillary, 1-flowered or several flowers in fascicles. Pedicel bracteolate at base. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, in 2 whorls, with each whorl valvate; outer petals flat, thick; inner petals small, base shortly clawed, apex forming a cap. Stamens many; anther locules linear or oblong, extrorse; connectives oblong or clavate, 3-angular, apex truncate or rarely rounded. Carpels many; ovules 1-10 per carpel, ± basal; styles elongate; stigmas entire or apex 2-lobed. Fruit apocarpous; monocarps subsessile to shortly stipitate, oblong-ellipsoid or ovoid. Seeds 1-10 per monocarp.