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Unarmed evergreen trees. Leaves paripinnate, with leaflets in one to many pairs; stipules persistent or quickly falling off, united and intrapetiolar, sometimes auriculate at base; leaflets opposite, very asymmetric at base, with midrib marginal or sometimes ± central; translucent gland-dots absent. Flowers in axillary dense racemes which are strobiliform (with imbricate bracts) when young; racemes sometimes aggregated into lateral or terminal panicles; bracteoles 2, well-developed, valvate, completely enclosing the flower buds, persistent. Hypanthium very short indeed, hardly present. Sepals very small or absent, 0–5. Petals: 1 relatively large, well-developed; the other 4 absent or rudimentary. Stamens (8–)9–10, fertile; filaments very shortly connate at base, or one of them free. Ovary densely pubescent, very shortly stipitate; stipe free; ovules 2–3(–6, fide Pellegrin); style elongate, with an abruptly and peltately enlarged stigma. Pods compressed, dehiscent, 2-valved; each valve with 1 (rarely 2) strong longitudinal nerve running from stipe to style. Seeds compressed, apparently without areoles, borne on short funicles.

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Unarmed evergreen trees. Leaves paripinnate, with leaflets in one to many pairs; stipules persistent or quickly falling off, united and intrapetiolar, sometimes auriculate at base; leaflets opposite, very asymmetric at base, with midrib marginal or sometimes ± central; translucent gland-dots absent. Flowers in axillary dense racemes which are strobiliform (with imbricate bracts) when young; racemes sometimes aggregated into lateral or terminal panicles; bracteoles 2, well-developed, valvate, completely enclosing the flower buds, persistent. Hypanthium very short indeed, hardly present. Sepals very small or absent, 0–5. Petals: 1 relatively large, well-developed; the other 4 absent or rudimentary. Stamens (8–)9–10, fertile; filaments very shortly connate at base, or one of them free. Ovary densely pubescent, very shortly stipitate; stipe free; ovules 2–3(–6, fide Pellegrin); style elongate, with an abruptly and peltately enlarged stigma. Pods compressed, dehiscent, 2-valved; each valve with 1 (rarely 2) strong longitudinal nerve running from stipe to style. Seeds compressed, apparently without areoles, borne on short funicles.

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Unarmed evergreen trees. Leaves paripinnate, with leaflets in one to many pairs; stipules persistent or quickly falling off, united and intrapetiolar, sometimes auriculate at base; leaflets opposite, very asymmetric at base, with midrib marginal or sometimes ± central; translucent gland-dots absent. Flowers in axillary dense racemes which are strobiliform (with imbricate bracts) when young; racemes sometimes aggregated into lateral or terminal panicles; bracteoles 2, well-developed, valvate, completely enclosing the flower buds, persistent. Hypanthium very short indeed, hardly present. Sepals very small or absent, 0–5. Petals: 1 relatively large, well-developed; the other 4 absent or rudimentary. Stamens (8–)9–10, fertile; filaments very shortly connate at base, or one of them free. Ovary densely pubescent, very shortly stipitate; stipe free; ovules 2–3(–6, fide Pellegrin); style elongate, with an abruptly and peltately enlarged stigma. Pods compressed, dehiscent, 2-valved; each valve with 1 (rarely 2) strong longitudinal nerve running from stipe to style. Seeds compressed, apparently without areoles, borne on short funicles.