Euroschinus
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Description
Trees, very rarely shrubs.
Leaves spiral, paripinnate, petioled.
Inflorescences axillary, rarely cauliflorous, sometimes terminal (extra-Mal. spp.), paniculate.
Flowers unisexual or bisexual (plants polygamous).
Petals 5 (or 4), imbricate, glabrous.
Stamens twice the number of petals;
Ovary ovoid, 1-celled and 1-ovuled;
Seed with testa free from the endocarp;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Australasia, New Britain present, New Caledonia present
Species 6, four of them in New Caledonia, one in Australia, and one in Malesia (New Guinea) and New Britain.