Trichilia lepidota Mart.

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 38

4. Trichilia lepidota Mart. , Flora 22, Beibl. 1: 54 (1839); T. D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop. 28: 38. (1981). Type:— BRAZIL. Bahía: near Ilhéus, fl., Martius 393 (holotype, BR; isotypes, BM, F, G, GH, K, M, NY, P). Maps 4–7

For synonymy see FN 28: 40–41 (1981). Illustration: FN 28: 39, fig. 2 (1981).

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum densely peltate-lepidote to stellate-tomentose, leaves trifoliolate or pinnate with 2–5(–6) pairs of leaflets, leaflets opposite, mostly 8–15 cm long, apex acuminate to rounded, base attenuate or cuneate, inflorescence mostly 11–20 cm long, a slender to broad pyramidal thyrse, petals (4–)5, free, mostly 3–4 mm long, slightly imbricate, stamens free or filaments fused just above the base, anthers 8–10, nectary a small annulus, ovary (2–)3(–4)-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, fruit 1.3–2.2 cm long, 3-valved, ovoid to globose, densely stellate-pubescent, 1–2 collateral seeds in each valve, with fleshy adaxial arillode.

Key to the subspecies of Trichilia lepidota

1. Leaflet apex rounded or truncate........................................................................................................................................................2

-. Leaflet apex not truncate or rounded..................................................................................................................................................3

2. Young parts, leaves and inflorescence with indumentum of pale straw-coloured peltate scales, leaflets 3–9-foliolate...................... ..................................................................................................................................................................................a. subsp. lepidota

-. Young parts, leaves and inflorescence with indumentum of ferrugineous stellate hairs, leaflets 3–5-foliolate................................... ..............................................................................................................................................................................b. subsp. ferruginea

3. Capsule 1–1.3 cm long, apex rounded, pale yellowish-brown when dry; anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long.................. c. subsp. leucastera

-. Capsule 1.4–2.2 cm long, strongly apiculate, ± ferrugineous when dry; anthers 0.8–1.2 mm long ............. d. subsp. schumanniana