Fls perfect to unisexual, regular, panicled. Sepals 3-7, connate at base; petals 3-7 or 0, free; stamens us. 10 in 2 whorls; disk intrastaminal. Ovary superior, us. 1-celled; ovule 1, pend.; style 1. Fr. drupaceous, with resinous mesocarp; embryo curved, cots fleshy. Trees or shrubs with resinous bark, alt., compound, exstipulate lvs. Widespread family with about 75 genera and 600 spp. The N.Z. genus and sp. endemic to Three Kings Is. For a detailed account see Oliver (Rec. Auck. Inst. Mus. 3, 1948, 224-226).

Trees or shrubs, often with resinous bark and sap turning black upon exposure. Lvs usually alternate, rarely opposite, simple or compound, nearly always exstipulate. Fls small, in axillary or terminal panicles, ☿ or unisexual, usually regular. Calyx 3-7-lobed, sometimes deeply so. Petals 3-7 or 0, usually free, occasionally connate. Disc ± annular. Stamens usually twice as many as petals, inserted on disc margin. Ovary superior, 1-(5)-locular; placentation basal or apical; ovule 1, pendulous; styles free and often widely separated. Fr. usually a drupe, sometimes an achene. Seed non-endospermic or with a very thin endosperm.