Trees with alternate, petiolate, entire leaves. Flowers small in globose heads on slender peduncles. Calyx tube compressed, 2-winged at the base, prolonged above the ovary into a narrow slender tube expanding at the top into a 5-cleft limb. Petals absent. Fruit small, coriaceous, broadly 2-winged, imbricated in globose heads, with persistent calyx tube. Seeds ovoid. Worldwide: 10-12 species in Asia and tropical Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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