Habit: Plant +- dioecious, with a few bisexual flowers.
Leaf: generally +- odd-pinnate, ill-smelling when crushed, deciduous.
Inflorescence: large panicle, terminal.
Flower: calyx lobes 5--6; petals 5--6; stamens 10--12; ovaries very compressed, adherent near middle, styles +- free but twisted together.
Fruit: 1--5, +- pendent, seed near middle.
Species In Genus: 5 species: southeastern Asia, Australasia.
Etymology: (Moluccan: sky tree)
Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock
Reference: Corbett & Manchester 2004 Int J Pl Sci 165:671--690
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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