Small tree or sparsely branched shrub with toothed leaves and flowers in axillary fascicles. Flowers monoecious. Receptacle of male flower at first globose with a small ostiole bounded by 8 tepals (in two double pairs), at anthesis split-ting to form an open bowl-shaped flower with 4-6 radiating lobes, fleshy. Stamens very numerous, inserted over the surface of the receptacle; anthers opening by two longitudinal slits; filament very short. Receptacle of female flower oblate, with an ostiole bounded by 4 tepals, splitting into broad segments; the upper part of the receptacle abscissing by a circular split after anthesis. Carpels numerous, sessile, with a very short style. Fruits numerous, ovoid, sessile on an enlarged fleshy receptacle.
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