Aistopetalum
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Description
Tall trees.
Leaves opposite and decussate, imparipinnate, 1-2(-3)-jugate with lateral leaflets subopposite, the terminal leaflets generally larger than the lateral ones, and upper lateral leaflets larger than lower ones, occasionally unifoliolate;
Stipules interpetiolar, one pair per node, early caducous.
Inflorescence axillary, paniculate, with opposite branching pattern to outermost extremities, many-flowered, with small caducous bracts.
Flowers bisexual, 4-7(-8)-merous, apetalous, with short pedicel gradually widening into discoid receptacle.
Sepals valvate, coriaceous.
Stamens with subulate filaments and anthers ovoid or cordate.
Ovary superior, syncarpous, with as many carpels as sepals, truncated-conical, each cell with one ovule;
Fruit a drupe with dry-leathery exocarp and woody endocarp, the styles remaining as protruding small horns or sometimes hardly noticeable around central-apical depression.
Seeds 4-8, oblong.