Unarmed, soft-wooded shrubs or small trees, sometimes herbs. Lvs alternate, entire or pinnately lobed, often large; base often cordate. Infl. racemose or cymose; cymes scorpioid. Calyx 5-toothed, sometimes deeply so, campanulate. Corolla regular, campanulate or rotate, yellowish to dull purplish, 5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, erect or bent, ± included; connective thickened conspicuously between anther lobes; anthers opening by apical pores or longitudinal slits. Stigma ± capitate, either little enlarged or large and forming a concave disc. Fr. a 2-celled berry, sometimes large. Seeds numerous, of moderate size.