Calyx 5-partite. Petals 5, narrow-oval, spreading or recurved, undulate, thickened along the midrib and at the base, deciduous, unappendaged. Stamens 10, shortly connate at the base. Ovary 3–4-celled; cells 2-ovulate. Styles 3–4, connate below; stigmas linear-clavate, recurved. Drupe with a thick bony putamen, apparently 3-(or 4-)celled. Seeds unknown. —A glabrous shrub. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptical, entire, thinly coriaceous, connected by a thickened (stipular?) ring. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles.