Habit: tree, shrub, evergreen

Sexuality: dioecious

Important diagnostics: with inflexed and coiled new leaves

Leaves: Position: spirally arranged

Leaves: Shape: pinnately compound

Leaves: Margin: entire

Leaves: Petiole: spinny, basal swollen, hairy

Pollen Cone: Position: terminal

Pollen Cone: Shape: cylindric, fusiform

Microsporophylls: scale-like, spirally arranged

Seeds: Shape: drupelike

Cotyledons number: 2

Germination: hypogeal