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Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate; stipules present and often large. Flowers hermaphrodite or often functionally unisexual, more or less irregular, in conspicuous racemes. Calyx-segments 4–5, somewhat unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, free, unequal, clawed. Disc pentagonal-annular or variously unilateral. Stamens 4–6, free or somewhat connate. Ovary superior, 4–5–locular. Style simple; stigma small or capitate. Ovules axile, 1–4 per loculus. Fruit a papery or woody capsule. Seeds large with copious endosperm.

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Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate; stipules present and often large. Flowers hermaphrodite or often functionally unisexual, more or less irregular, in conspicuous racemes. Calyx-segments 4–5, somewhat unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, free, unequal, clawed. Disc pentagonal-annular or variously unilateral. Stamens 4–6, free or somewhat connate. Ovary superior, 4–5–locular. Style simple; stigma small or capitate. Ovules axile, 1–4 per loculus. Fruit a papery or woody capsule. Seeds large with copious endosperm.

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Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate; stipules present and often large. Flowers hermaphrodite or often functionally unisexual, more or less irregular, in conspicuous racemes. Calyx-segments 4–5, somewhat unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, free, unequal, clawed. Disc pentagonal-annular or variously unilateral. Stamens 4–6, free or somewhat connate. Ovary superior, 4–5–locular. Style simple; stigma small or capitate. Ovules axile, 1–4 per loculus. Fruit a papery or woody capsule. Seeds large with copious endosperm.