Cremastosperma venezuelanum Pirie

Tree 7–10 m tall; young twigs and petioles glabrous. Leaves: petioles 10–20 mm long, 3–4 mm diam.; lamina narrowly elliptic, 30–53 by 9–15 cm (index 3–3.6), chartacous to subcoriacous, shiny, dark brown above, olive green/greyish/light to dark brown below, glabrous on both sides, base cordate (rarely rounded), apex obtuse to acute, primary vein 2.5–5 mm wide at the widest point, secondary veins 15–30, intersecondary veins occasional, distance between from 12 mm at the base to 40 mm closer to the apex, angles with primary vein from 90° at the base to 60–50° closer to the apex, rarely branching, forming more or less indistinct loops, smallest distance between loops and margin 2–3 mm; tertiary veins showing some reticulation. Inflorescence of single flowers clustered in groups of up to 6, produced from leafless branches or from the main trunk; peduncles ca. 2 by 1 mm (in flower), 3–5 by 1.5–3 mm (in fruit); pedicels ca. 11 by 1 mm at the base (in flower), 16–22 by 1.5–2 mm (in fruit), glabrous; one lower bract, very broadly triangular, 0.5–1 mm long, obtuse, persistent, glabrous; upper bract attachment variable within central 80% of length, ca. 1 by 1.5 mm, depressed triangular, obtuse, glabrous; closed flower buds not seen; flowers dark brown to black in sicco, sepals and petals glabrous; sepals free, depressed triangular, reflexed, ca. 1 by 1.5 mm, acute to obtuse, persistent on less mature fruits; outer petals elliptic, ca. 18 by 10 mm, inner petals narrowly elliptic, ca. 21 by 6 mm; androecium ca. 4 mm diam., stamens ca. 1 mm long, connective ca. 0.4 mm wide; gynoecium ca. 1.8 mm diam., carpels 0.6–0.7 mm long, glabrous. Monocarps 20–35, ellipsoid, asymmetrical, 17–20 by 12–13 mm, black in sicco, with a strongly excentric apicule; stipes 15–22 by 1.5–2 mm; fruiting receptacle 5–12 mm diam.; monocarps, stipes and receptacle glabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, orange-brown, shallowly pitted, 15–17 by 13–16 mm, raphe raised, regular.

Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo).