Trees. Leaves spiral, imparipinnate, petioled. Leaflets subopposite, entire. Inflorescences axillary, paniculate. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, imbricate, glabrous. Stamens 10; filaments subulate, glabrous; anthers subglobose. Disk intrastaminal, round and flat, 10-notched. Ovary subglobose, longitudinally deeply 5-furrowed (carpels incompletely connate), densely hairy, 5-celled, usually only one fertile; styles 5, short; stigmas small. Drupe l(-3)-celled by abortion; endocarp cartilaginous. Seed with testa free from the endocarp; embryo straight, cotyledons free, plano-convex.
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