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Venezuela (Amazonas, Táchira), the Guianas, and Brazil (Amazonas, Amapá, Maranhão, Pará).

Tree or shrub, 1-10(-30) m tall, 2-18(-40 in one specimen) cm in diam. Young twigs and petioles totally covered with stellate scales 0.1-0.4 mm in diam. Petioles 3-10(-15) mm long, 2-3 mm in diam. Lamina narrowly elliptic, (7-) 15-25(-3 3) cm long, (2-)4-7(-11) cm wide, leaf index 2.8-4.6, chartaceous, dull, greyish green to greyish brown above, pale brown below, glabrous above, sparsely covered with stellate scales 0.10.5 mm in diam. below, base obtuse, sometimes acute, apex acuminate (acumen 5-20 mm long), sometimes acute, primary vein impressed above, secondary veins curved to straight, 10-15 on either side of primary vein, raised above, angles with primary vein 60-80°, loopforming at right to obtuse angles, loops distinct, smallest distance between loops and margin 4-8(-10) mm, tertiary veins slightly raised above. Inflorescences among leaves, supra-axillary or rarely leaf-opposed, infrequently terminal (with abortive axillary shoot below or not), terminai on a (short) axillary shoot, or at the base of an axillary shoot, 1-4-flowered, to about 10 flowers in succession (but see also under the comments further on). Indument: peduncles, pedicels, and outer side of bracts, sepals, and petals totally to densely covered with stellate scales 0.1-0.3 mm in diam., inner side of sepals and petals densely covered with stellate hairs 0.1-0.3 mm in diam, inner basal 1/2 to 1/3 of sepals and inner basal 1/2 to 1/5 of petals glabrous. Peduncle 1-3 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam., fruiting peduncle to 10 mm long, to 4 mm in diam. Sympodial rachis to 15(-20) mm long. Pedicels 5-15 mm long, 2-3 mm in diam., fruiting pedicels to 5 mm in diam. Upper bract halfway the pedicel, depressed ovate, 1-2 mm long. Flower buds depressed globose, distinctly to slightly 3-ridged by recurved edges of the sepals. Flowers creamy white to creamy yellow in vivo, sepals with a brownish indument on the outer side. Sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 10-17 mm long, 9-16 mm wide, obtuse. Petals subequal, obtrullate to obovate, 15-30 mm long, 10-20 mm wide, obtuse, inner base of inner petals callose, grooved and sometimes papillate. Stamens 2-4 mm long, cream, apex of connective discoid, 0.5-0.7 x 0.7-1.2 mm, densely to totally covered with simple to stellate hairs 0.1-0.2 mm in diam. Carpels 3-6 mm long, ovary totally covered with stellate hairs, stigma subglabrous. Fruit brownish to yellow in vivo, ellipsoid to subglobose, 3-8 cm long, 2-4.5 cm in diam., basal collar indistinct, composed of 10-15 connate, sterile carpels, 8-10 mm in diam., not or hardly protruding below the fruit, fertile carpels 50-100(-125), obtrulloid to oblong, 11-20 mm long, 5-10 mm in diam., free, areoles pyramidal, 2-8 mm high, obtuse, apiculate (apicule 1-7 mm long), slightly polygonal, totally covered with greyish or brownish, stellate hairs 0.1-0.2 mm in diam. Seeds obovoid to oblong-obovoid, 7-14 mm long, 4-10 mm in diam., obtuse, pale brown to creamy white, shiny.

Stem: indumentum shoot young trichome squamulose. Leaf: form of the blade narrowly elliptic; indumentum on the side adaxial glabrate; indumentum on the side abaxial sparsely covered by hair squamulose; form of the base acute/obtuse; form of the apex acuminate/acute. Inflorescence: presence of the inflorescence present; type of the inflorescence pauciflorous. Flower: form of the flower-bud depressed globose; colour of the flower cream/yellow/white; connation of the sepal free; form of the sepal wide ovate triangular; relation between petal external and internal subequal; form of the petal external obovate/sub trullate; form of the petal internal obovate/sub trullate; colour of the stamen cream. Fruit: colour of the fruit brown/yellowish; form of the fruit ellipsoid/subglobose; presence of the stick basal present; presence of the hair densely covered by hair stellate. Tallo: pilosidad ramo(s) joven(es) tricoma(s) lepitodo(s). Hoja: forma de la lámina(s) angostamente elíptica(s); pilosidad en la(s) face(s) adaxial glabra(s); pilosidad en la(s) face(s) abaxial esparsamente cubierta por pelo(s) lepitodo(s); forma de la base aguda(s)/obtusa(s); forma del ápice(s) acuminada(s)/agudo(s). Inflorescencia: presencia de inflorescencia(s) presente(s); tipo de inflorescencia(s) pauciflora(s). Flor: forma del botón-floral depresa(s) globoso(s); color de la flor(es) crema/amarilla/blanca; conación de la sépala(s) libre(s); forma de la sépala(s) anchamente ovada(s) triangular(es); relación entre pétala(s) externa(s) y interna(s) subiguales; forma de la pétala(s) externa(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); forma de las pétala(s) interna(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); color de los estambre(s) crema. Fruto: color del fruto(s) marrón/amarillento; forma del fruto(s) elipsoide/subgloboso(s); presencia del pegar basal(es) presente(s); presencia de pelo(s) densamente cubierto por pelo(s) estrellado(s). Caule: pilosidade ramo(s) jovem(ns) tricoma(s) lepidoto(s). Folha: forma da lâmina(s) estreitamente elíptica(s); pilosidade na(s) face(s) adaxial glabra(s); pilosidade na(s) face(s) abaxial esparsamente coberta por tricoma(s) lepidoto(s); forma da base aguda(s)/obtusa(s); forma do ápice(s) acuminada(s)/agudo(s). Inflorescência: presença de inflorescência(s) presente(s); tipo de inflorescência(s) pauciflora(s). Flor: forma do botão-floral depressa(s) globoso(s); cor da flor(es) creme/amarela/branca; conação da sépala(s) livre(s); forma da sépala(s) largamente ovada(s) triangular(es); relação entre pétala(s) externa(s) e interna(s) subiguais; forma da pétala(s) externa(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); forma das pétala(s) interna(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); cor dos estame(s) creme. Fruto: cor do fruto(s) marrom/amarelado; forma do fruto(s) elipsoide/subgloboso(s); presença do colar basal(ais) presente(s); presença de tricoma(s) densamente coberto por tricoma(s) estrelado(s). Tallo: pilosidad ramo(s) joven(es) tricoma(s) lepitodo(s). Hoja: forma de la lámina(s) angostamente elíptica(s); pilosidad en la(s) face(s) adaxial glabra(s); pilosidad en la(s) face(s) abaxial esparsamente cubierta por pelo(s) lepitodo(s); forma de la base aguda(s)/obtusa(s); forma del ápice(s) acuminada(s)/agudo(s). Inflorescencia: presencia de inflorescencia(s) presente(s); tipo de inflorescencia(s) pauciflora(s). Flor: forma del botón-floral depresa(s) globoso(s); color de la flor(es) crema/amarilla/blanca; conación de la sépala(s) libre(s); forma de la sépala(s) anchamente ovada(s) triangular(es); relación entre pétala(s) externa(s) y interna(s) subiguales; forma de la pétala(s) externa(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); forma de las pétala(s) interna(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); color de los estambre(s) crema. Fruto: color del fruto(s) marrón/amarillento; forma del fruto(s) elipsoide/subgloboso(s); presencia del pegar basal(es) presente(s); presencia de pelo(s) densamente cubierto por pelo(s) estrellado(s). Caule: pilosidade ramo(s) jovem(ns) tricoma(s) lepidoto(s). Folha: forma da lâmina(s) estreitamente elíptica(s); pilosidade na(s) face(s) adaxial glabra(s); pilosidade na(s) face(s) abaxial esparsamente coberta por tricoma(s) lepidoto(s); forma da base aguda(s)/obtusa(s); forma do ápice(s) acuminada(s)/agudo(s). Inflorescência: presença de inflorescência(s) presente(s); tipo de inflorescência(s) pauciflora(s). Flor: forma do botão-floral depressa(s) globoso(s); cor da flor(es) creme/amarela/branca; conação da sépala(s) livre(s); forma da sépala(s) largamente ovada(s) triangular(es); relação entre pétala(s) externa(s) e interna(s) subiguais; forma da pétala(s) externa(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); forma das pétala(s) interna(s) obovada(s)/sub trulada(s); cor dos estame(s) creme. Fruto: cor do fruto(s) marrom/amarelado; forma do fruto(s) elipsoide/subgloboso(s); presença do colar basal(ais) presente(s); presença de tricoma(s) densamente coberto por tricoma(s) estrelado(s).

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