Habit: Shrubs or trees; generally monoecious.
Leaf: ternate-pinnate-compound, +- evergreen [deciduous], generally entire [to lobed].
Inflorescence: panicle [raceme], terminal and/or axillary; flowers +- sessile to pedicelled.
Flower: stamens 5; styles 3, fused at base.
Fruit: +- spheric, glabrous [hairy]; pulp thin, resinous.
Species In Genus: 120 species: Mediterranean, Asia, Africa.
Etymology: (P.B. Sears, American ecologist, 1891--1990)
Jepson eFlora Author: John M. Miller & Bruce G. Baldwin
Reference: [Pell et al. 2008 Syst Bot 33:375--383]
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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