C. podantha Standl. Huesito, Limoncillo, Goat wood Shrub or tree, to 13 (17) m tall; stems nearly glabrous, +/- roughened with lenticels. Stipules interpetiolar, 4-5 mm long, caducous; petioles 3-10 mm long; blades ovate to elliptic, acute to acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, 5-16 cm long, 2-6.5 cm wide, glabrous, often weakly toothed in apical half. Fascicles upper-axillary; flowers 4- or 5-parted, usually numerous; pedicels 2-5 mm long, articulate beneath flower; calyx campanulate, valvate in bud, thick, to 5 mm long, glabrous outside, sericeous inside, exuding a yellowish sap when cut, persistent and reddish in fruit; petals white, spatulate, thin and laciniate, usually pilose, to ca 7 mm long; stamens 15-25, included, ca 7 mm long; filaments slender, often united at base; anthers to ca 1 mm long, 4-celled (owing to a partition in the thecae); ovary depressed-globose; style to 6.5 mm long, persistent in fruit; style and apex of ovary sericeous; stigma capitate. Capsules elliptic to obovoid, ca 1 cm long, yellowish at maturity, fleshy, glabrous except for few trichomes at apex, splitting into 3 parts to expose seeds; seeds 2 (4), brown, covered with a white, much-folded aril. Croat 5371, 6132. Frequent along the shore on the north side of the island; uncommon in the young forest. Flowers and fruits throughout the year, especially from April to August. Allen (1956) reported the species to be common in mangrove swamps and to flower in May. Frankie, Baker, and Opler (1974) reported the species to be bimodal in its flowering, with some flowers during January and February and some during July and August in Costa Rica; the fruits there mature from July to October. Allen (1956) reported the tree to be as tall as 30 m. The flowers have abundant pollen and seem well suited to pollination by pollen-collecting insects.