Trees. Leaves alternate, the blade + coriaceous, the margins entire or serrate. Flowers axillary, fasciculate, , pedicellate, 2-bracteolate, the bracteoles persistent; sepals 5, perigynous, persistent; petals 5, alternisepalous, perigynous, slightly con-nate basally; stamens 22-40, 1-seriate, the filaments adnate to the base of the corolla, the anthers basifixed, glabrous, mucronate at the apex; ovary inferior, the upper part slightly exerted above the base of the persistent calyx and glabrous or hirsute, 2-celled, each cell 1-2-ovulate; styles 2-3, usually distinct, the stigmas punctiform. Fruits indehiscent, almost dry, crowned by the persistent calyx and styles, 2-3-celled.
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