Is a tree which reaches 10-12 (15) min height. The species occurs in the Venezuelan cloud forest proper at an altitude between 1400 and 1500 m. The leaf structure has been studied by ROTH (1990).

South American medicinal plants : botany, remedial properties, and general use / I. Roth, H. Lindorf. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2002. -- p. 492.