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Shrubs or trees, generally glabrous. Leaves opposite or whorled, with latex canals; petiole bases usually strongly excavated. Inflorescences in axillary fascicles, rarely branched, or flowers solitary, axillary or terminal. Flowers bisexual and/or unisexual (plants usually dioecious or polygamous). Sepals 2-4(5), mostly imbricate; petals 2-4(-6), white, yellow, or red, decussate or imbricate, the pairs often of different sizes. Stamens free, variously fasciculate, or connate into a central mass, numerous in staminate flowers, fewer in bisexual flowers; anthers short. Ovary 2-12-locular, often absent from staminate flowers; ovule 1 per locule; styles short or lacking; stigmas expanded. Fruit a berry, mostly 1-locular, smooth to verrucose, leathery, ellipsoid to globose or ovoid, the mesocarp often juicy and sweet. Seeds 1-4; cotyledons minute.