Plants in the genus
Mitrephora are trees or shrubs, the young shoots covered with reddish-brown hairs. The flowers are
bisexual, usually arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils. The
sepals are
valvate and fused at the base. The petals are valvate, the outer petals broad, flat and spreading, the inner petals with a broadly egg-shaped or spade-shaped blade with a long, narrow hinge at the base. The edges of the blades are fused. The
stamens are wedge-shaped and the
anthers are hidden. There are usually many
carpels containing several
ovules, and the
stigma is more or less
sessile. The fruit is fleshy, more or less spherical and yellow, containing several seeds. ==Taxonomy==