Cremastosperma brevipes

Cremastosperma brevipes is a tree species in the Annonaceae family, found in French Guiana. The tree can reach heights of 4 to 20 meters and has a trunk diameter of 3 to 20 cm. Young twigs and petioles are either glabrous or sparsely covered with appressed white or yellowish hairs up to 0.2 mm long. The leaves have petioles measuring 4 to 9 mm in length and 1.5 to 4 mm in width, with lamina that are elliptic to obovate, 18 to 39 cm long and 7 to 15 cm wide. The leaf surface is chartaceous, brownish-green with a reddish tinge on both sides, darker on the upper surface, and glabrous. The primary vein is 1.5 to 3 mm wide at its widest point, with secondary veins ranging from 9 to 15, and intersecondary veins from 0 to 2. The inflorescence consists of single flowers, either solitary or in clusters of two, on leafless twigs. Peduncles and pedicels are sparsely to densely covered with appressed white or yellowish hairs. The lower bracts are deltate, 0.2 to 0.5 mm long, and mostly persistent.