Small trees or shrubs. Leaves large, oblong to orbicular; margins crenate. Flowers bisexual, appearing before the leaves and surrounded by large bracts. Calyx gamosepalous, adhering to the ovary. Corolla lacking. Stamens many; filaments short, erect; anthers dehiscing by valves. Ovary bilocular; styles 2. Seed 1 in each loculus.