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Stamens exserted, 4 opposite to the sepals or often 8 in pairs also opposite to the sepals or rarely 9–12 temate; filaments filiform-subulate; anthers broadly oblong.
Ovary sessile, subglobose, 2–4-locular; style thick, continuous with placentas, persistent, a little longer than the stamens; stigma capitate.
Calyx turbinate with the tube short; lobes spreading and broadly ovate; appendages absent.
Petals broadly ovate, cordate at base, very much corrugated in bud.
Flowers 4-merous, bisexual, in lax leafy terminal panicles.
Fruit globose, indehiscent or disrupting irregularly.
Leaves decussate, elliptic to oblanceolate, entire.
Seeds many, thick, 4-sided; cotyledons flat.
Shrub or small tree.
