Oddoniodendron

Trees, +/- 20 m high; branches and leaves glabrous. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, (1)2, 3(4)-foliolate; leaflets alternate, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to subfalcate, gradually acuminate; base asymmetric, rounded to broadly cuneate; stipules fused to form a persistent callus bidentate at apex. Inflorescences : panicles or rarely racemes, usually axillary and fascicled or sometimes solitary; bracteoles densely reddish pubescent outside. Flowers with a short receptacle. Sepals 4, pilose inside. Petals 5, subequal. Stamens (8)10, long-exserted; filaments glabrous. Ovary shortly stipitate, hirsute; stipe and style glabrous; ovules 4-6. Pod dehiscent with 2 woody valves coiling after dehiscence.