Sacoglottis ovicarpa Cuatrec.

ulate, 9-20 cm long and 3.5-11.7 cm wide, midrib conspicuous above and below, the 9-11 pairs of secondary nerves conspicuous only below; the petiole thickened, 4-9 mm long. Inflorescence (previously undescribed) axillary, much shorter than the leaves, cymose-paniculate, dichotomous, very short, the peduncle ob-solete, the branchlets reddish, slightly puberulous, bracts ovate-triangular, acute, tardily deciduous. Flowers (previously undescribed) with sepals suborbicular, spreading, ca. 1.5 mm long, glabrous, the margin minutely and irregularly ciliate; petals oblong, about 3 mm long and ca. 1 mm broad, glabrous; stamens 10, united in lower half, glabrous, filaments compressed, alternately 1.5 and 2 mm long, the anthers ovoid, ca. 0.6-0.7 mm long, the thecae elliptic, ca. 0.3 mm long, connective thick, rather obtuse; disc not examined; carpels 5, the ovary ovoid, glabrous, style ca. 1 mm long, glabrous, the stigma capitate. Drupe (in part after Cuatrecasas) ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, 5-5.5 cm long and 4-4.5 cm wide, the exocarp 6-7 mm thick when dry, the endocarp woody, almost smooth, ir-regularly 5-septate, with abundant resinous cavities; seeds usually 1-2 per fruit.