Myrcianthes oreophila

Tree 5–15 meters high, with a beige or reddish flaky bark.^[4][5] Vegetative buds and young branchlets are covered in white tiny hairs.^[4] Petioles are short and stout, 2.5–4 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. thick.^[4] Leaves are ovate to orbicular or reniform, rigid, 1–4.5 cm long, 1–3 cm wide.^[4] Inflorescence is a three-flowered dichasium, or just a single flower; calyx-lobes deltoid, blunt-tipped, 3.5–4 mm. wide at base, about 3.5 mm. long, externally covered by tiny coarse hairs; petals 4, obovate, about 7 mm. long; stamens about 150, up to 8 mm. long; style glabrous, 7–8 mm. long.^[4][5]

Myrcianthes oreophila grows in humid or subhumid Andean montane forests of southern Peru, between 2500 and 4000 meters above sea level.^[4][5] It has been reported from the Peruvian regions of Apurimac and Cusco, although there is a report from Bolivia.^[5][3] It's an indicator species of mature vegetation.^[5]