Suriana L.

Shrubs or small trees; innovations hairy, partly glandular-capitate; without a bitter taste. Leaves sessile, simple. Stipules 0. Flowers 5-merous, bisexual, in pauciflorous, axillary cymes, rarely solitary; stalks articulated at the base. Bracts persistent, foliaceous. Sepals persistent, connate at the base, imbricate in bud, as large as the imbricate petals. Stamens 10, sometimes 5 barren in 2 distinct rows, with latrorse, versatile anthers. Disk not developed. Carpels 5, free, each with a free, filiform, basally attached erect style; stigmas free, small, inconspicuous; ovules 2 in each carpel, collateral, basal, amphitropous, micropyle directed to the base. Fruits drupaceous, 3-5 together, enclosed by the calyx. Seed 1 in each carpel; embryo curved, albumen 0.