Cremastosperma awaense Pirie

Tree 4–15(-20) m tall, 8–25 cm diam.; young twigs and petioles sparsely to rather densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.3 mm long. Leaves: petioles 4–11(–15) by 1.5–3 mm; lamina elliptic to slightly obovate or narrowly so, 17–33 by 5.5–13 cm (index 2.2–3.6), chartaceous, brown/grey green above, darker below, veins on underside dark brown, glabrous above, veins sparsely to rather densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.3 mm long below, base obtuse to acute, apex acuminate (acumen 10–20 mm long), primary vein 1–3 mm wide at widest point, secondary veins 7–11, intersecondary veins occasional, distance between from 10 mm at the base to up to 60 mm closer to the apex, angles with primary vein from 45–50° at the base to 55–60° closer to the apex, forming loops in the apical half, smallest distance between loops and margin 1–3 mm, tertiary veins slightly reticulate. Inflorescence of single, solitary flowers, axillary on leafy or leafless twigs; peduncles ca. 1.5 by 1 mm (in flower), 1.5–3 by 1–2 mm (in fruit); pedicels 27–28 by ca. 1 mm (in flower), 35–60 by 1–2 mm (in fruit), peduncles and pedicels rather densely to densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.3 mm long; single lower bract, broadly elliptic, 1–2 by 1–1.5 mm, obtuse, soon falling off, outer side densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.3 mm long; upper bract attached around midway along the pedicel, broadly elliptic, 1–2.5 by 1–2 mm, obtuse, rather densely to densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.3 mm long; closed flower buds depressed ovoid; flowers green or cream in vivo, blackish in sicco; sepals free, deltate, reflexed (appressed in bud), 2–2.5 by 2–2.5 mm, obtuse, soon falling off, outer side rather densely to densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.3 mm long; outer petals elliptic to broadly elliptic, 10–15 by 8–9 mm, inner petals elliptic, 10–15 by 5–6 mm, sparsely to rather densely covered with appressed golden hairs to 0.2 mm long on the outer side, denser at the base and in a band leading from the base to the apex of the petals; stamens 1–1.5 mm long, connective appendage ca. 1 mm wide; gynoecium ca. 2 mm diam., carpels 30–40, 1–2 mm long, sparsely covered with golden, <0.1 mm long hairs. Monocarps 10–12(–20), ellipsoid, slightly asymmetrical, 22–28 by 12–17 mm, brown in sicco, with an excentric apicule or rarely a nipple-like protuberance; stipes 11–24 by 1–1.5 mm; fruiting receptacle depressed ovoid, 3.5–8 mm diam. monocarps, stipes and receptacle very sparsely to sparsely covered with appressed white hairs <0.1 mm long. Seeds ellipsoid, asymmetrical, yellow-orange with shallow pits, ca. 19 by 11 mm, raphe sunken, regular.

Pacific coast of Colombia (Chocó, Nariño) and Ecuador (Carchi, Esmeraldas).