Amanoa  

Trees or shrubs, monoecious. Exudate absent*. Unarmed*. Glabrous throughout. Stipules free or fused, intrapetiolar, simple, unlobed, entire *, not spine-like*, not leaf-like*, without glands. Leaves distributed evenly along stem, alternate, simple, unlobed, base symmetrical, margin entire, blade not pellucid-punctate, leaf glands absent*; venation pinnate; domatia absent*; stipel-like structures absent*. Petiole present, without swellings or bends at base or apex*, without glands. Inflorescence with axis, axillary, raceme- or panicle-like, bracts leaf-like or not, green. M:ale flowers pedicels absent (flowers sessile), sepals 5, imbricate, partially fused, greenish; petals 5, not valvate, not imbricate, small, scale-like, clawed, glabrous, greenish; disc surrounding the staminal whorl (extrastaminal), annular, lobed; stamens 5, free (always?); anther without conspicuous modification, thecae introrse in bud; pistillode present. Female flowers: pedicels present, articulated, sepals 5, imbricate, partially fused, falling early, greenish; petals 5 (sometimes 0), not valvate, not imbricate, glabrous, greenish; disc surrounding the ovary, annular, lobed; ovary locules 3, ovules per locule 2; styles completely fused into a single column, (stigmas free), stigmas 3, free, shortly 2-lobed or -branched, flat, surface smooth*; staminodes absent. Fruit dehiscent, unsculptured*, greenish to brown; seed without appendage, covering or membranous layer*, not fleshy; embryo flat, cotyledons leaf–like or massive.

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

World Checklist: 16 spp.