Triclisia

Robust, twining lianes; young branches densely rusty-tomentellous. Leaves simple; lamina entire, rarely serrate. Male inflorescences of corymb-like cymules or of small, many-flowered panicles. Male flowers with 9-18 sepals, all densely pubescent outside, outer ones bract-like, inner ones suborbicular and somewhat united; petals 6, very small or absent, glabrous and somewhat fleshy; stamens 3-6, free; anther thecae with obliquely longitudinal dehiscence; gynoecium replaced by a tuft of rusty hairs. Female inflorescences similar to male. Female flowers with sepals similar to those of male; petals 3-6 or 0; staminodes reduced; carpels 6-40, pubescent, narrowed into a cylindrical style. Drupelets obovoid, flattened, stipitate; exocarp usually velvety, sparsely puberulous; endocarp rugose and fibrous-hairy. Seeds without endosperm.