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Dioecious trees. Leaves alternate, mostly imparipinnate; leaflets opposite or subopposite, entire. Inflorescences axillary. Calyx 5-, rarely 4-or 6-lobed. Petals 5, rarely 4 or 6, imbricate. Male flowers: stamens 10, rarely 8–12, inserted below margin of disc; anthers dorsifixed, introrse; disc depressed-conical, crenate, surrounding central pistillode. Female flowers: staminodes similar to stamens but smaller; disc annular, radially furrowed; ovary depressed obovoid, crown-like with 8–12 styles on upper margin, 8–12-, rarely 5-locular with 1 pendulous ovule per locule. Fruit drupaceous, 5–12-seeded; exocarp membranous; mesocarp fleshy outside, woody inside; endocarp bony. Embryo curved; cotyledons free, plano-convex.
