Shrub or small tree, to 4 m tall, glabrous except for sparse, short trichomes on lower leaf surfaces, often divaricately branched with a leaf between the branches. Leaves alternate; petioles 4-8 (10) mm long; blades oblong-elliptic to obovate, abruptly caudate-acuminate, acute to obtuse and decurrent at base, 6-14 cm long, 2.5-5.5 cm wide, entire. Panicles axillary or terminal, open, to ca 6 cm long; flowers nearly sessile, perfect; calyx cupulate, 2.5-3 mm long, the lobes 3, deltoid, ca 2 mm long; corolla funnelform, 8-10 mm long, white, 5-lobed ca half its length; stamens 5, exserted; filaments 3-3.5 mm long; anthers ca 1.4 mm long; ovary ovoid; style slender; stigmas 4, clavate. Drupes irregularly ovoid, ca 5 mm long and 9-15 mm wide, white, attached at its side; exocarp thin; mesocarp thin, gelatinous, sticky, sweet; seed ca 1 cm long. Croat 8572. Frequent in the forest; juvenile plants more common than adults. Flowers mostly from February to April, especially in March, with the fruits maturing from late April to June. Known only from Panama, from tropical moist forest in the Canal Zone and Darien and from tropical dry forest in Darien (Garachiné).