Bunchosia glandulifera (Jacq.) Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 154. 1822. Malpighia glandulifera Jacq.

Shrub, or usually small tree, 2.5—8 m, young branchlets without lenticels (non-distal flower-bearing branchlets usually lenticellate), often densely appressed-sericeous, eventually glabrescent. Larger leaves 10--18 de largo y 5.5—11.0 cm de ancho, irregularly elliptic due to being strongly undulate and repand, abaxial surface persistently moderate to abundant sericeous, trichomes T-shaped, sessile to longest stalks 0—0.05 mm, longest trabeculae 0.5—1 mm, straight, abaxial glands per side of midrib (0) 1 or 2 proximal and adjacent to midrib with an additional (0) 1--10 more distal more or less in a row closer to margin than midrib or random, most proximal 0.5—1.5 mm; stipules 0.75—1.5 mm; petioles 6--10 mm. Inflorescences from axils with mature leaves present, single, simple pseudoraceme (rarely pseudoracemes terminal and axillary from short lateral shoot with one pair of leaves), pseudoracemes 5.5—8.5 (11) cm with 12--16 (20) flowers, bracts (excluding the most proximal) (0.75) 1.5—2 mm, frequently some subtending the peduncles of two flowers, these sometimes connate, peduncles 1.5—4 mm (to 6 mm in fruit), bracteoles (0.75) 1—1.5 mm, one (rarely both) bracteole per pair subtending each flower with one gland, bracteole gland 0.5—1 mm, decurrent, pedicel 2.5--6 mm (similar in fruit). Flowers with sepal glands 2.5—4.25 mm, sepals equaling or extending to 1 mm beyond glands, spreading away from flower bud prior to anthesis, abaxial surface medially sericeous, marginally ciliate; ovary 2-locular, densely sericeous, styles connate, with few trichomes to densely sericeous; stigma lobes 2, equal, connate or free. Mature fruit (20) 24--30 mm de largo y (15) 17--22 mm de ancho, 2-locular, ovoid, unlobed, glabrescent or with few trichomes retained apically, smooth, dull, orange and/or red, apex rostrate or at least strongly pointed.

Presumed cultivated in León, Rueda 14025 Native to Colombia and Venezuela, cultivated in Neotropics.  This name is applied here somewhat hesitantly. It and the other specimens seen from Mesoamerica (Quesada 90 from Costa Rica) are both unusual in their inflorescences (see parenthetical description above) and the number of carpels present could not be confirmed with absolute certainty. However, the undulate repand leaves and presence of two peduncles per bract for numerous bracts are both very unusual characteristics found in these specimens and in more typical Bunchosia glandulifera, and the leaf pubescence and fruit size and shape are also very characteristic of this species.