Cremastosperma pacificum R. E. Fr.

Tree 3–15 m tall, 2.5–25 cm diam.; young twigs and petioles sparsely to rather densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.4 mm long or glabrous. Leaves: petioles 8–16 by 2–4 mm; lamina elliptic to obovate, or narrowly so, 19–41 by 9–16 cm (index 2.1–3.1), chartaceous to slightly coriaceous, brown, brownish-green, or greyish-green and shiny above, brown, pale brown or greenish-brown below, glabrous above, glabrous or sparsely to densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.4 mm long particularly on veins below, base acute, apex acuminate (acumen 10–20 mm long), primary vein shallowly grooved at base, 2–3 mm wide at widest point, secondary veins 7–12, intersecondary veins occasionally 1–2, distance between from 8 mm at the base to up to 55 mm closer to the apex, angles with primary vein from 30–50° at the base to 50–70° closer to the apex, not branching, often forming distinct loops for the apical third, smallest distance between loops and margin 1.5–2 mm, tertiary veins percurrent. Inflorescence of single flowers, on leafless twigs; peduncles ca. 1 by 1 mm (in flower), 2–3 by ca. 2 mm (in fruit), rather densely to densely covered with appressed golden or whitish hairs to 0.2 mm long; pedicels 12–20 by ca. 1 mm (in flower), 22–35 by 1.5 mm (in fruit), longitudinally furrowed, glabrous or sparsely to rather densely covered with appressed gold or whitish hairs to 0.2 mm long; single lower bract, deltate, 1–1.5 by 1 mm, obtuse or acute, occasionally persistent, densely covered with appressed gold or whitish hairs 0.2 mm long; upper bract in the lower half of the pedicel, deltate, 1–1.5 by 1–1.5 mm, rounded, outer side sparsely to rather densely covered with appressed gold or whitish hairs to 0.2 mm long or glabrous; closed flower buds not seen; flowers pale greenish-yellow or pale green in vivo, black or dark brown in sicco, sepals and petals glabrous; sepals free, very broadly ovate, 3 by 3–3.5 mm, obtuse, soon falling off; outer petals elliptic to broadly elliptic, ca. 16 by 11–12 mm, inner petals obovate, ca. 15 by 7 mm, obtuse; stamens ca. 1.5 mm long, connective appendage ca. 0.6 mm wide; gynoecium not seen. Monocarps (2–)7–21, ellipsoid, slightly asymmetrical, 15–18 by 10–12 mm, green (immature) in vivo, black or dark brown in sicco, with an excentric apicule, monocarps, stipes and receptacle glabrous; stipes 10–18 by 1 mm; fruiting receptacle depressed ovoid, 3–9 mm diam. Seeds ellipsoid, yellow, furrowed and slightly pitted, ca. 10 by 8 mm, raphe raised within sunken groove, regular.

Pacific coast of Colombia (Chocó, Valle del Cauca).