Sapindaceae

Trees, shrubs, climbers (not in Victoria), or rarely herbaceous (not in Victoria); dioecious or monoecious, rarely polygamous, evergreen or deciduous. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple or pinnate, usually petiolate, exstipulate. Inflorescence terminal, axillary or ramiflorous, usually thyrsoid, paniculate or cymose-racemose, sometimes solitary or fasciculate. Flowers small, usually regular, unisexual or bisexual, usually pedicellate, bracts present; sepals 4–10, fused (usually) or free, imbricate or valvate; petals present or absent, (0)4–6, free; disc present (in Victoria) or absent; stamens 4–12(–74 outside Victoria), usually 8, inserted within or on disc, free, reduced in females, exserted in males, anthers 2-locular, longitudinally dehiscent; ovary superior or half-inferior, 1–8-locular, rudimentary in males, ovules 1 or 2 per loculus, style 1, entire or with 2- or 3-lobed stigma, or styles 2. Fruit a drupe (not in Victoria), schizocarp, or more often a capsule and then dehiscence loculicidal, septicidal or irregular, or sometimes via valves breaking away from septa; seeds with or without aril.