Trees. Leaves distichous, simple, penniveined; stipules large, some persistent, others caducous leaving elliptic scars. Spikes terminal, pedunculate, dense, shorter than those of Neostrearia . Sepals 5, free. Petals 5, narrowly oblong, tightly inrolled. Stamens 5; anthers cordate-ovate; connective developed to cover back of anther sacs and form an apical appendage; staminodes absent. Ovary superior to half-inferior, bilocular; styles 2; ovules 3 per locule, 1 fertile. Capsule sessile, woody, 2-locular. Seeds ovoid.
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