S. kenoyeri Standl. Shrub, 1-2.5 (8) m tall, unarmed and +/- glabrous. Leaves alternate or subopposite in unequal pairs; petioles less than 1 cm long; blades +/- elliptic, long-acuminate, cuneate at base, the larger leaves 20-30 cm long, 8-12 cm wide, the smaller leaves ca 4 cm long and 3 cm wide. Cymes very short, congested, axillary; pedicels to 1 cm long (lenticellate and to 13 mm long in fruit); flowers 5-parted; calyx usually less than half as long as corolla, lobed to middle or beyond, the lobes ovate, acute; corolla white, to 4 (8) mm long, lobed to near base, the lobes ovate, acute, ribbed medially; stamens to 3.5 mm long, orange; anthers nearly sessile, to 3 mm long, the terminal pores directed inward; style elongating to ca 7 mm long, at first erect, becoming directed to one side. Berries +/- globose, ca 1 cm diam; seeds many, more or less ellipsoid, ca 3 mm long, 2 mm wide, black. Croat 11151. Rare, in the forest. Flowers and fruits throughout the year, but the flowering is heaviest in April and May and again in August. Most fruits mature in June and July and later in October. Flowering plants frequently bear mature fruits. Mexico to Peru. In Panama, known from tropical moist forest in the Canal Zone, Bocas del Toro, San Blas, Los Santos, Panama, and Darién.