Kairothamnus
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Description
Shrubs to trees, only plants with one sex observed, but probably monoecious (Radcliffe-Smith 2001).
Leaves alternate, simple;
Stipules early caducous, minute.
Inflorescences axillary fascicles, either with groups of staminate flowers or 1 or 2 pistillate flowers;
Flowers pedicellate, actinomorphic, petals lacking, cream to white.
Fruits capsular, dehiscing septicidally and (partly) loculicidally, brown;
Seeds bean-like but triangular in transverse section, exotesta shiny, smooth, without fleshy layer or appendages.