Twelve species of Coccocarpia are now recognized with distribution in Colombia (C. dissecta Swinsc. & Krog, C. domingensis Vain., C. epiphylla (Fée) Kremp., C. erythroxyli (Spreng.) Swinsc. & Krog, C. filiformis L. Arvidss., C. glaucina Kremp., C. imbricascens Nyl., C. palmicola (Spreng.) L. Arvidss. & D. Gall., C. pellita (Ach.) Müll. Arg., C. prostrata Lücking, Aptroot & Sipman, C. stellata Tuck. and C. tenuissima Müll. Arg.), four of which are new records for the country. Anatomical and morphological descriptions are provided for each species, together with results from chemical tests with K, C, KC and PD, and ecological and distributional data. A key to the Colombian species of Coccocarpia is presented.