Coccoloba darienensis R.A.Howard

Tree, to 33 m. tall, d.b.h. 30 cm.; branches terete, glabrous; ocreae chartaceous, obliquely truncate, 1 cm. long, glandular (?) resinous, tightly appressed; petioles arising from the base of the ocreae, 7-11 mm. long, terete or canaliculate above, glabrous; blades narrowly oblong to lanceolate-oblong, acute to short acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, 10.5 X 3.5 to 14.5 X 5.0 cm. long and wide, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, primary veins 9 or 10 pairs, arcuate-ascending; inflores-cence racemose, 8-14 cm. long, ocreolae membranaceous, bracts and ocreolae rarely puberulent and ciliate at the apex and margins; staminate flowers 3-4 per nodule, pedicels shorter than the ocreolae, perianth lobes oblong, 1-1.5 mm. long, glabrous, functional stamens 3 mm. long, sterile pistil rudimentary, 1 mm. long; pistillate