Brenaniodendron

Unarmed evergreen trees. Leaves always paripinnate; leaflets 3-20, always opposite, with some gland-dots underneath. Inflorescence racemose. Flowers bisexual, spirally arranged along inflorescence axis; receptacle cupuliform, very short, much shorter than sepals; pedicels not jointed; bracteoles very small, not enclosing flower buds. Sepals 4, imbricate, +/- glabrous inside. Petals 5, subequal. Stamens 10; filaments free, equal, glabrous, 2-21/2-times as long as anthers; anthers narrowly elliptic, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Ovary stipitate, pubescent near margins; stipe of ovary adnate to wall at bottom of receptacle; ovules 2 ; style elongate; stipe, ovary and style together clearly longer than stamens; stigma capitate. Pods flattened, woody, dehiscing elastically into 2 valves, with low wing-shaped ridges to both sides of ventral suture. Seeds large, compressed, with thin wall, exareolate.