Region: Brazil, Porto Seguro.
Habitat: rainforest.
BotanySmall tree.
Stem: erect, spreading branches; dark bark.
leaves: oval to oblong: ± 10 cm long, 3 cm wide; pointed tips.
Flower: long floral stalks, ± 5 cm long; lack bracteoles; two rows of petals; exterior petals are green, oblong; ± 67 mm long, with shallow pointed tip; inner petals are oval; styles short; stigmas have angular heads; ovaries are covered in shiny straight hairs.
Pollen: shed as permanent tetrads.