Vessel end-walls scalariform. Wood parenchyma apotracheal. Reproductive type, pollination . Inflorescence, floral, fruit and seed morphology . Free hypanthium absent.
Corolla lobes markedly longer than the tube.
Androecium exclusively of fertile stamens. Filaments thickened at the base. Gynoecium 3 carpelled. Carpels reduced in number relative to the perianth. The pistil 3 celled .