Shrublets, shrubs or trees. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Flowers bisexual or rarely unisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Sepals 5. Petals 5, equal or unequal. Stamens 5, all fertile or 2-3 fertile and with 2 staminodes. Ovary superior or semi-inferior. Fruit drupaceous, with 3 (often reduced to 2 or 1) ± separate mericarps, 1-2-seeded. Worldwide: 3 genera and 160 species, tropics and S Africa. |
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