Trees, with an indumentum of simple hairs. Leaves imparipinnate, 3- or unifoliolate; leaflets quite entire, usually papillose beneath; petiolules usually pulvinate. Panicles axillary and terminal. Flowers bisexual and male, or unisexual (individuals
dioecious). Calyx short, deeply 5-lobed, or sepals free, imbricate or valvate. Petals
usually 5, free, imbricate or valvate , rarely twisted. Stamens 10 or 8; filaments usually
fused in lower half, rarely free, terminating in a pair of appendages; anthers inserted
apically between appendages. Antherodes in female flowers smaller, without pollen.
Disk annular in male and bisexual flowers and represented by a small swelling at base of ovary in female flowers. Ovary short, ovoid and swollen in female and bisexual flowers,
2 - 3-locular; locules with 2 collateral ovules, or incompletely 4-loculed with 1 ovule; style
short or absent; stigma capitate or stout, truncate or pileate. Pistillode in male flowers
with a small ovary sunken in disk, with rudimentary ovules; style present; stigma broad.
Berries 1 - 2-seeded; seeds arillate or not, nonendospermous.
Indo-Malesia, with 10 species; 7 in India.
