Cordia lasiocalyx Pittier

Trees, small or medium sized, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to obovate, conspicu-ously and abruptly long-acuminate (apices 1.5-3 cm long), entire, the bases obtuse, to 14 cm long and 5 cm wide, glabrous on both surfaces, chartaceous; petioles ca 0.5-1 cm long. Inflorescences cymes, paniculate, axillary or terminal, the branches glabrous. Flowers perfect, + sessile; calyx cupulate, glabrous, ca 2.5-3 mm long, 3-lobed, the lobes deltoid and ca 2 mm long; corolla funnelform, white, the tube ca 4.5-5.5 mm long, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong, ca 4 mm long and ca 2.2 mm wide; stamens 5, exserted, the filaments ca 3-3.5 mm long, slightly pubescent basally, the anthers ca 1.3-1.5 mm long; ovary ovoid, the style slender, the stigmas clavate. Fruit irregularly ovoid, the stylar scar laterally placed, ca 5-6

Moist forests at elevations from sea level to around 800 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.