Cliffortia polita Weim.

Fruticulus; rami et ramuli graciles glabri vel in partibus junioribus minutissime ± sparse pilosi; internodia 5-10 mm longa. Folia 3-foliolata; vagina ca. 1 mm longa; stipulae 0.5 mm longae acutae; foliola 3-6 mm longa 0.6-0.8 mm lata linearia subacuta marginibus reflexa-revoluta supra polita viridia subtus opaca. Flores [male] sessiles; bracteolae 1.0-1.5 mm longae amplectentes acutae glabrae scariosae vel minutissime ciliolatae; sepala 3 oblonga 3.5-4 longa acuta recurvata; stamina 6; filamenta 4-5 mm longa; antherae 0.8 mm longae ovoideae. Flores [female] sessiles; receptaculum cylindrico-prismaticum rectum-leviter curvatum 6-costatum, costis tenuibus leviter undulatis; sepala 3 oblonga 1-1.2 mm longa; stigma ca. 4 mm e receptaculo prominens.