Habit: tree, shrub, evergreen

Sexuality: dioecious

Important diagnostics: with leafy branchlets, with twisted leaf bases

Leaves: Position: opposite, 2-ranked, decussate, pectinately arranged

Leaves: Shape: linear or lanceolate

Pollen Cone: Position: axillary, solitary

Pollen Cone: Shape: capitula

Seed Cones: Position: axillary, terminal

Seed Cones: Bract scales: decussate

Seeds: Shape: drupelike, ovoid, ellipsoid, globose

Seeds: Other Characteristics: apex mucronate

Cotyledons number: 2

Germination: epigeal