Type : Guyana, 200 m au sud de l'aérodrome de Chodikar, forêt haute marécageuse, 210 m, 18/10/1952, fleurs. Tree 30' x 3'' with scaling guava like bark. Leaves thin, pale green
ovate, to 6'', longtipped, the main lateral veins uniting to form a
submarginal vein, opposite, or in pairs on short green lateral shoots.
Flowers 4k + 4c, cream, purpleveined (only slightly) with cream stamens,
1/2 acros when open, on 1/4'' pedicels, easily dropping off after
opening. Gonggrijp 446 [F.D.-7461] (HT:
NY00404802; IT:
NY00404803).
Suriname, monts Wilhelmina, 1 km au sud-est de Juliana top, sources de la West river, forested slopes and granitic peak, 700-800 m, 27/08/1963, fleurs. Tree 3 m. high, 4 cm diam. Petals and stamens white, flowers fragrant. H.S. Irwin et al. 55102 (PT:
COL000333225, MICH,
VEN76004).