Long, rounded at the apex, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; flowers small, dioecious, in bracted racemes, apetalous; fruit a winged samara, lanceolate or oblong, acute, 1-1.

5 cm.

Long, pilose.

Slender trees or shrubs; leaflets few or numerous, entire; flowers small, green, dioecious, in elongate spikes which are simple or branched; petals and sepals 3-5; stamens 3-5; fruit a 1-2-seeded berry.

One or two other species are found in Central America.