Acrosynanthus trachyphyllus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. The species has rigid, leathery leaves, and stout branches. It is native to Cuba, and was described in 1918.
Taxonomy The species was named by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1918. The type specimen was collected in Baracoa, Cuba, in 1917.
Distribution Acrosynanthus trachyphyllus is native to the wet tropical biome of Cuba.
Description Acrosynanthus trachyphyllus has stout, blackish branches.
The leaves are rigid and leathery, oblong to lanceolate in shape, long, and wide. The upper surface of the leaves are dark green and lustrous, and the lower surfaces are pale brown. The leaf stems are long.
The corolla is around long. The outside of the corolla has fine, short hairs. The inflorescences have few flowers, which grow on stems.
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