Aromatic tree with grey bark. Leaves alternate, entire, scented gland dotted. Flowerssmall, whitish yellow, uni or bi-sexual, in axillary cymes. Perianth inferior, tube short,enlarging in fruit. Stamens usually a multiple of the perianth parts with flattenedfilaments, often with glands at the base and 2 to 4 anther cells. Fruit a fleshy berry.Seeds exalbuminous. (India)