Habit: tree, evergreen

Branchlets: base with leaf scars or bud scales

Branches: irregularly vertical

Leaves: Position: spirally arranged

Leaves: Shape: linear or lanceolate, flattened

Pollen Cone: Position: axillary, solitary

Pollen Cone: Shape: cylindric

Seed Cones: Position: axillary, solitary, pendulous

Seed Cones: Bract scales: 3-lobed

Seeds: Other Characteristics: with unequal wing

Cotyledons number: 5, 6, 7-10

Germination: epigeal