[3][4][5] These are trees and shrubs producing a milky latex.

[3] Their smaller branches are coated in pale-colored, yellowish, or sometimes reddish hairs.

The toothed oblong to oval leaves are alternately arranged and there are small ovate to triangular stipules.

The inflorescences are thyrses at the branch tips.

The fruit is smooth, dry, and woody or occasionally slightly fleshy, and contains 2 or 3 seeds in each of its chambers.