Reproductive type, pollination . Plants hermaphrodite, or dioecious. Inflorescence, floral, fruit and seed morphology . The terminal inflorescence unit racemose . Free hypanthium present .
Petals scalelike, obovate or subulate .
Androecium 4, or 5. Endothecium developing fibrous thickenings. The initial microspore tetrads tetrahedral, or isobilateral. Anther wall initially with more than one middle layer. Gynoecium 2 carpelled .