Small, unarmed trees. Leaves digitately compound or unifoliolate; petiole terete, with a sheathing base; stipules inconspicuous; leaflets entire or denticulate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of umbellules. Pedicels articulated below the ovary. Flowers bisexual or on lower branches male. Calyx 5-6-dentate. Petals 5-6, valvate. Stamens 5-6, extrorse. Ovary inferior, 2-6-celled. Disk fleshy with the styles united below. Fruit ellipsoid or obovate, surmounted by an awl-shaped or conical stylopodium; exocarp fleshy, endocarp crustaceous. Endosperm ruminate.