Cinnamomum tonduzii (Mez) Kostermans, Reinwardtia 6: 24. 1961. 
Phoebe tonduzii Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30, Beibl. 67: 15. 1901. Type. Costa Rica. Copey, 
February, Tonduz 11735 (holotype, B n.v.; isotypes, BM!, BR! (2 sheets), F!, NY!, P!, US!). 
Trees 15 - 20 m tall; twigs ridged, one or two ridges coming down from petiole 
insertions, densely tomentose, surface concealed, hairs ca. 0.2 (0.3) mm long, curly, mostly 
appressed to spreading; petioles (10) 13.5 - 20 (25) mm long, 0.8 - 1.5 mm wide, dense 
tomentose, hairs as on twigs; leaf blades (5) 7 - 10 (12) cm long, 2.5 - 5 (7) cm wide, ovate or 
elliptic, apex acute to acuminate, base acute or obtuse, tomentose above when young, glabrous 
very soon, tomentose below, usually most surface soon glabrous, hairs curled, appressed, 
triplinerved, sometimes subtriplinerved, midvein slightly marked to flat above, glabrous, raised 
below, glabrous or glabrescent, secondary veins 4 - 5 pairs, flat above, raised or slightly raised 
below, tertiary veins flat above, almost flat below, primary domatia present, one or two pairs, 
secondary domatia often present in lowest pair of secondaries; inflorescence (4) 6 - 13 (16) cm 
long, axillary to leaves, cymose-paniculate, foliose bracts sometimes present, peduncle (1.5) 3 - 
8.5 cm long, densely tomentose, rachis densely tomentose, flower pedicel 4 - 5.5 mm long, 
densely tomentose; flower narrow campanulate or urceolate, tepals 2.3 - 2.6 mm long, 1.6 - 1.9 
mm wide, ovate, densely tomentose outside, sericeous inside, stamens of whorls I & II ca. 1.8 
mm long, filaments sparsely sericeous adaxially, sericeous abaxially, anthers ca. 1 mm long, 
glabrous ad and abaxially, sometimes few hairs along connective adaxially, sporangia four, 
introrse, stamens of whorl III 1.8 - 2 mm long, filaments dense sericeous adaxially, red hairs 
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