Ampelocera hottlei is a species of neotropical trees in the Ulmaceae family.
Trees 10âÂÂ30 m tall; trunk 10âÂÂ50 cm dbh, with narrow buttresses ca. 2 m tall; bark smooth, white to gray with dark lenticels. Branchlets light brown-gray, lenticellate; stipules ca. 4 mm long. Petioles 0.6-1.2 cm long; leaf blades, oblong to elliptic, 7âÂÂ26 cm long, 2.6-10.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obliquely attenuate to rounded, margins entire, to when dry, dull dark green above, dull light green beneath, glabrous and smooth on both sides, lateral veins 3-5, palmately veined at the base of the leaf blade.
Inflorescences axillary compound , 1-2.5 cm long, with 8-17 flowers, the perfect flowers toward the apex and staminate flowers toward the base. Flowers purplish to yellowish green, puberulent bracteoles 1âÂÂ2 mm long; calyx 1âÂÂ2 mm long, with 5 lobes, externally puberulent; stamens ca. 16 in perfect flowers, ca. 8 in staminate flowers; stamens ca. 3 mm long; ovary puberulent, style branches ca. 4 mm long. Fruits yellow, , 1.2-1.5 cm tall, 1-1.2 cm wide, , with persistent style.
A. hottlei occurs from central Mexico to Nicaragua in primary rainforest or tropical wet forest.
Flowering reported from February and fruiting from March to June.
Wood suitable for construction and making of railroad ties.