"hedyosmum" has separate male and female flowers. the male flowers are without bracts and has one stamen in which the connective is not widened. the female flower is without bracts, the stigma is dry and covered in papillae. female flowers have a trilobed calyx. the fruit has a kernel with a hard and woody shell (a drupe). forty three species are known from latin america, including the antilles, and one species lives in southeast asia.