Bunchosia costaricensis Rose ex Donn. Sm., Anales Inst. Fís.-Geogr. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica  9: 100. 1898.

Shrubs or trees, (1.8--) 3—8 m, young branchlets without apparent lenticels, sparsely to densely velutinous, velutinous-tomentose, or spreading-sericeous (rarely sericeous), glabrescent in second year. Larger leaves 10—19.5 cm de largo y 4—11.5 (14) cm de ancho, obovate, wide-obovate, elliptic, or wide-elliptic, abaxial surface scattered to densely tomentose or velutinous, more or less persistent, trichomes  Y and T-shaped, sometimes also V-shaped, frequently with very few Y or V-shaped (or sometimes with very few T-shaped in northern part of range), sessile to longest  stalks 0.25—0.4 (--0.6) mm, longest trabeculae of T-shaped trichomes 0.75—1.5 (--1.75) mm and longest arms of V/Y-shaped trichomes (0.1) 0.5—1 mm, straight to slightly sinuous, abaxial glands per side of midrib (0) 1—3 proximal and adjacent or closer to midrib than margin with an additional (0) 1--8 (10) more distal more or less in a row closer to margin than midrib (rarely halfway between midrib and margin), occasionally one gland out of alignment, most proximal 0.5—1 (1.5) mm; stipules (0.75) 1--2 (2.5) mm; petioles (3) 4--12 mm. Inflorescences from axils with leaves present, or sometimes with leaves lost but immediately below current leaf-bearing portion of branchlet, single (rarely paired), simple pseudoraceme (rarely inflorescences bifurcate with inflorescence stalk 0.5—1.5 mm), pseudoracemes (3.5) 5—14 cm with 7--23 flowers, bracts (excluding the most proximal) (1) 1.75—2.5 (--3) mm, peduncles (0.5--) 1—3.5 mm (to 5 mm in fruit), bracteoles (0.75) 1—1.75 (2) mm,  usually one bracteole per pair subtending each flower with one gland, bracteole gland (0.5) 0.75—1.25 (1.5) mm, decurrent, if both with gland, one smaller, 0.5—0.6 mm, decurrent or completely positioned on bracteole, rarely a gland also present at base of bract, pedicel (3) 4—9  mm (to 10 mm in fruit). Flowers with sepal glands 2—3 (--3.75) mm, sepals extending 0--1.5 (--2.5) mm beyond gland, loosely cupping to spreading away from flower bud prior to anthesis, abaxial surface spreading-sericeous proximally and medially, less frequently glabrous, marginally ciliate; ovary 3-locular, tomentose or sericeous, sometimes nearly glabrous, or totally glabrous in northern part of range, styles connate, tomentose or sericeous, stigma lobes 3, equal or one smaller, connate. Mature fruit 9--15 mm de largo y 13--20 mm de ancho, 3-locular, depressed globose, with 2 or 3 moderately-well to well-defined lobes (rarely unlobed), more or less sparsely sericeous, smooth, dull, orange to red, apex rounded or depressed.

Rare, moist gallery forest, Managua, Chontales y Matagalpa; 500--800 m; fl abr-jun, fr aug; Stevens 34842, 34891; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.