Hiraea fagifolia (DC.) A. Juss.

Hiraea fagifolia (DC.) A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : 567. 1844
Banisteria fagifolia DC. Prodr. 1 : 590. 1824. Hiraea Blanchetiana Moric. PI. Nouv. Am. 104. 1841. Hiraea Riedleyana Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : 569. 1844. Hiraea fagifolia Blanchetiana Niedzu. Gen. Hiraea 14. 1906. Hiraea fagifolia Candolleana Niedzu. Gen. Hiraea 14. 1906.
Leaf-blades oblong-obovate to obovate, varying to oval or ovate, mostly 9-19 cm. long, abruptly pointed, or short-acuminate and often blunt at the tip, glabrous or nearly so, at least at maturity, except the midrib beneath, obtuse or rounded and somewhat cordate at the base ; the stout petiole 5-10 mm. long; flower-clusters short-peduncled, the pedicels longer than the stout peduncle ; sepals ovate or deltoid-ovate, 3-4 mm. long, the glands one half the length of the sepal-body or less, or wanting ; petals yellow, the larger ones 9-10 mm. long, the blades suborbicular, denticulate or somewhat fimbriate ; samaras 3-5 cm. wide, the wings suborbicular or reniform.
Type locality : French Guiana.
Distribution : Guatemala to northern South America.