Nestronia Raf.

Shrubs, deciduous, probably dioecious. Stems glabrous. Leaves: petiole short. Inflorescences axillary, pedunculate umbels (staminate) or flowers solitary (pistillate). Pedicels present. Flowers unisexual; perianth and androecium epigynous; hypanthium in staminate flowers turbinate or campanulate, in pistillate flowers a short tube; petals 3–4(–5); nectary lining hypanthium, wavy or slightly lobed distally; stamens 3–4(–5), in staminate flowers exserted, with post-staminal hairs, in pistillate flowers staminodial, ± included, without post-staminal hairs; ovary inferior, 3-locular proximally, 1-locular distally; ovules 2–3; styles in pistillate flowers conic; stigmas 3–4–lobed. Pseudodrupes spheric, without prominent perianth remnants at apex.