Schefflerodendron Harms

Forest trees. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets alternate; stipels small or shortly stalked,, globular glands (flat when dry) copious on inflorescence, calyx, corolla and ovary, where they are more or less hidden by a dark rusty brown crisped indumentum, and on the undersurface of the leaflets, where they are readily seen. Calyx-lobes very short. Vexillary stamen free, not bent or widened at the base. Ovary stipitate. Pod inflated, woody, dehiscent, with very thick walls. Seeds 1–2.