Hyperbaena valida is a species of plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.

Hyperbaena valida is a tree with leathery leaves, yellowish-green flowers, and round green fruits.

Distribution

Hyperbaena valida grows on limestone in coastal thickets in Jamaica.

Description

Hyperbaena valida is a slender tree up to high. The trunk is up to wide. The branches are tan to grey.

The leaves are leathery, somewhat wavy, ovate, long, and wide. The leaves have smooth edges. The leaf stems are long.

The male inflorescences are arranged into dense clusters. The female inflorescences grow on the trunk, from stems. The flower stems are long.

The female flowers are yellowish-green, and have six sepals arranged in two groups. The outer sepals are ovate, around long, and around wide. The inner sepals are broadly ovate to orbicular, around long, and around wide. The female flowers have six obovate-spatulate petals, arranged into two groups. The petals are around long, and wide. The female flowers have three to five carpels.

The fruits are round, green, long, and wide.

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