Nealchornea  

Shrub or tree, dioecious. Exudate present (scanty), white. Unarmed*. Indumentum present, hairs simple to papillose. Stipules free*, simple, unlobed, entire *, not spine-like*, not leaf-like*, without glands. Leaves distributed evenly along stem*, alternate, simple, unlobed, base symmetrical, margin toothed or entire*, glandular?, blade not pellucid-punctate, glandular at leaf base?; venation pinnate; domatia absent*; stipel-like structures absent*. Petiole present, swollen or bent at one or both ends. Inflorescence with axis, raceme- or panicle-like, few–flowered, male inflorescence axillary, female terminal or almost so; bracts not leaf-like*, green; not articulated*. Male flowers: sepals 4; imbricate, free or partially fused, greenish; petals 0; disc 0; stamens 10–15 (sometimes appears as 6–7), in 2 rows, free; anther without conspicuous modification, thecae extrorse in bud; pistillode absent. Female flowers: sepals 4, imbricate, free, with large basal glands, greenish; petals 0; disc 0; ovary locules 2, ovules per locule 1; styles 2, partially fused, entire, large, conspicuous, spreading, styles or stigmas not flat*, surface smooth*; staminodes present. Fruit dehiscent (eventually) or indehiscent, not sculptured*, greenish to brown; seed without appendage, covering or membraneous layer*, not fleshy; embryo minute or flat, not minute, cotyledons leaf-like.

An asterisk * indicates a state has been assumed but not yet confirmed.

World Checklist: 2 spp.