Palicourea tubuliflora Dwyer

Trees 5-8 m tall, the trunk 10 cm or more dbh, the twiglets much branched, angular, glabrous, smooth, the internodes 1.5-5 cm apart, the nodes knotty, turgid, the petiole scars conspicuous. Leaves oblong rotund or oblong, 6-9 cm long, 3.2-6 cm wide, regularly less than twice as long as wide, rounded or obtuse at the apex, rarely deltoid, the acumen absent or to 3 mm long, rounded or widely cuneate at base, the costa slender, prominulous beneath, the submarginal undu-late vein 1-3 mm from margin, the interval areas indistinct above, reticulate beneath, the margin plane or scarcely revolute, thickly coriaceous, drying dull yellow green, glabrous, lustrous; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm long, rigid, glabrous; stip-ules connate, the sheath less than 1 mm long, truncate, coriaceous, glabrous, the awns scarcely measurable, widely spaced. Inflorescences terminal, exceeding the uppermost leaves, cymose paniculate, 8-12.5 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, the peduncle 4-7 cm long, to 0.27 cm wide, angular, drying black, glabrous, the lowermost branches opposite, rigid, angular-ascending, the upper branches few, usually alternate, the bracteoles minute, triangular subulate, to 2 mm long, the cymes few flowered, often delicately lavender-green. Flowers sessile, the hypanthium ca. 1 mm long, drying black, glabrous, the calyx cup scarcely measurable, the