Cliffortia tenuis Weim.

Fruticulus ramosus. Rami et ramuli graciles, cortice ferrugineo glabro; ramuli abbreviati 1-3 mm longi dense foliati. Folia 3-foliolata; vagina c. 0.5 mm longa amplectens glabra, stipulis minutissimis 0.2-0.3 mm longis triangularibus; foliola linearia c. 3 mm longa 0.5-0.6 mm lata obtusa vel brevissime mucronulata supra plana-plano-concava subtus convexa glauca integerrima glabra. Flores [male] sessiles; bracteolae 0.2-0.3 mm longae ciliolatae; sepala 3, 2-2.3 mm longa oblongo-lanceolata acuta glabra; stamina 6, antheris 0.5 mm, filamentis 4 mm longis. Flores [female] sessiles, bracteolis ut in [male]; receptaculum 1.8-2 mm longum 1 mm crassum ovoideum leviter 6-costatum fuscum-cinereo-fuscum granulis et tuberculis cinereo-fuscis munitum; sepala 3 erecta c. 1 mm longa lanceolata acuta glabra; stigma c. 3 mm e receptaculo prominens densum rubrum; achenium c. 1.2 mm longum oblongum.