Acrosynanthus latifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub with small flowers and dark green leaves. The species is native to Cuba, and was described in 1918.
Distribution Acrosynanthus latifolius is native to the wet tropical biome of eastern Cuba.
Taxonomy John Adolph Shafer collected the type material from a rocky thicket in Oriente, Cuba. It was collected from an altitude of .
The species was described in 1918, by Paul Carpenter Standley.
Description Acrosynanthus latifolius is a straggling shrub, which grows high. The branches are grey to black.
The leaves are dark green, thick, leathery, long, and wide. The leaves are oval to oval-oblong in shape, and grow on stems.
The floral cup is around long. The outer whorl has five or six lobes. The flowers have short or no stems. The fruit is a brown capsule, which is long.
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