Description: Woody climbers.
Leaves palmately veined.
Inflorescences racemose, cauliflorous. Sepals 2–5. Petals 2–6, fleshy, usually longer than sepals. Male flowers with stamens united into a column, divided at apex into 2 or 3 short horizontal lobes each bearing 2-locular anthers. Female flowers with 3–6 carpels.
Drupes flattened, stylar scar near base.
Distribution and occurrence: World: 1 species, New Guinea & Australia. Australia: 1 species
Text by G. J. Harden
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