Soft wooded, dioecious or rarely monoecious trees. Leaves palmi-nerved, palmatifid., often 7-9-lobed; petioles fistular. Male flower drooping in lax panicles. Female flowers subsessile, 1-few-flowered corymbs in leaf axils. Fruits oblong-ovoid, with sweet, yellow, pulp. Seeds many, black, globose.

Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout year.