Euthemis
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Description
Shrubs or shrublets, sparsely branched.
Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, denticulate, nerves numerous, parallel, from the midrib curving sidewards, straightly ascending to the marginal veins at an angle of c. 80°;
Stipules free, caducous.
Inflorescences terminal, many-flowered, compound racemes;
Flowers ☿ or polygamous.
Sepals 5, turning purplish red in fruit.
Petals 5, white or pinkish.
Stamens 5, free;
Ovary 5-celled;
Fruit a berry with 5 pyrenes.
Seeds 1 (2) per cell.