Connarus panamensis Griseb.

Connarus panamensis Griseb. Bonplandia 6 : 6. 1858
A climbing vine with reddish-velvety twigs. I^eaves trifoliolate ; petioles stout, about 6 cm. long; leaflets elliptic to oblong, 10-13 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, short-acuminate at the apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, rather thin, but flrm in texture, dull, glabrous above, puberulent along the prominent midvein beneath, the primary veins about 6 on each side of the midvein, the stout petiolules about 5 mm. long ; flowers sessile, in velvety panicled spikes ; petals oblong, twice as long as the velvety calyx ; stamens shorter than the petals ; follicles obliquely obovate, saffron-colored, minutely apiculate on one side above the middle, velutinous when young, smooth or nearly so when mature, about 1.5 cm. long, 1 cm. wide and 8 mm. thick, the stout stipe about 5 mm, long; seeds black, shining, the aril yellow.
Type locality : Panama.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.