Nesogordonia

Small or large trees, +/- stellate-pubescent, at least on young parts. Leaves petiolate, simple, oblong to oblong-lanceolate or narrowly ovate; stipules caducous, small. Flowers bisexual, solitary or axillary, in pedunculate, few-flowered cymes; pedicels articulated. Sepals 5, valvate. Petals 5, often somewhat twisted. Stamens in an uninterrupted ring or in fascicles of 2-4 opposite sepals; filaments free or +/- united within fascicles; and with an inner ring of 5 free fertile stamens or 5 free staminodes opposite petals. Ovary obconic or subglobose, pubescent or tomentose, 5-locular; locules 2-ovulate; styles 5, free or united into a single style; stigmas fleshy, papillose. Capsule obconic, truncate and excavated at apex, with 5 rather thick wings, dehiscent into 5 valves, with 1 or 2 seeds per locule. Seeds with a unilateral wing.