Hypanthium cup-shaped. Petals free at base, fused in middle, distally free. Stamens 3 long, 2 short, enclosed in corolla tube; filaments as long as or longer than glandless anthers; pollen reticulate. Ovary of 3–5 carpels; style without membranous cup; stigmatic lobes 3–5, spreading. Cocci 1–5, wingless or 3-winged, connected at base to gynoecial column by short triangular point of attachment, leaving a triangular scar after shedding; wings lacking prominent transverse veins; style inserted between and shorter than mature cocci.
Characters as for family as given above.