''Hylenaea praecelsa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
, native to Costa Rica, Panama, western South America, northern Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname.
A climber, it has large seeds that are dropped in the dry season.
References
Celastraceae
Flora of Costa Rica
Flora of Panama
Flora of western South America
Flora of North Brazil
Flora of French Guiana
Flora of Suriname
Plants described in 1940
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