Bush or small tree with climbing branches, rough; petiole 3-7 mm, leaves elongated elliptic to ovate or elliptic-oblong, pointed or cuspidate, or abruptly acuminate, rounded to slightly heart-shaped at the base, 4.5-12 cm, strongly reticulate, inflorescence 3.5-8 cm, flowers 8-11 mm; sepals ovate-deltoid; petals oblong, 4.5-5.6 cm; capsules almost orbicular to obovate, 5-7.5 cm; seeds about 3, with oblong wing, 15 mm. Common name: amansa guapo, castaña purgante. Species endemic to all coasts and hills in Cuba.