Hyperbaena laurifolia

Hyperbaena laurifolia is a perennial shrub, tree, or vine. It grows up to 6 metres (20 ft) high as a climbing plant, and up to 5 metres (16 ft) high as a tree. The trunk is up to 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) wide. The branches are cylindrical and striped. The leaves are leathery, narrowly ovate to obovate, 7–16 centimetres (2.8–6.3 in) long, and 2.5–6 centimetres (0.98–2.36 in) wide. The edges are smooth and undulating. The leaf stems are 1–4 centimetres (0.39–1.57 in) long. The male inflorescences are usually clustered panicles, which grow on 0.2–1 centimetre (0.079–0.394 in) long stems. The flowers grow on 0.5–1.5 millimetres (0.020–0.059 in) long stems. The flowers are greenish-yellow, and have six sepals. The outer sepals are narrowly obovate to obovate-oblong, around 1.2 millimetres (0.047 in) long, and around 0.7 millimetres (0.028 in) wide. The inner sepals are broadly obovate to orbicular, around 1.6 millimetres (0.063 in) long, and around 1.2 millimetres (0.047 in) wide. The male flowers have six petals, which are obovate, around 0.6 millimetres (0.024 in) long, and around 0.5 millimetres (0.020 in) wide. The male flowers have six stamens. The female inflorescences are usually clustered racemes, which grow on 0.2–1 centimetre (0.079–0.394 in) long stems. The flowers grow on 1–2.5 millimetres (0.039–0.098 in) long stems. The flowers are greenish-yellow, and have six sepals. …

Hyperbaena laurifolia is native to the wet tropical biome of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico. It grows at elevations of up to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), in wooded limestone areas. Its extent of occurrence is around 119,811 metres (393,081 ft).