Trichilia casaretti C.DC.

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 36

2. Trichilia casaretti C.DC. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 11(1): 217 (1878); T. D.Penn. & Styles, Fl. Neotrop. 28: 89 (1981). Type:— BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Corcovado, fl., Glaziou 3906 (lectotype C (designated FN 28: 92 (1981); isolectotype P). Map. 2

For synonymy see FN 28: 89 (1981). Illustration FN 28: 90, fig. 12.

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum of sparse simple hairs, leaflets mostly 3–5, opposite, 4.7–12 cm long, 1.4–4 cm broad, when 3-foliolate, the basal pair often greatly reduced, elliptic, oblanceolate or lanceolate, glabrous except for tufts of hair in the axils of secondary veins below, and these sometimes scattered across the lamina, finely glandular-punctate, inflorescence 3–7 cm long, a slender thyrse, petals 5(–6), 2.5–4.5 m long, free, imbricate, filaments usually completely fused, anthers 9–10, glabrous, nectary a small annulus, ovary 3-locular, glabrous, locules with 2 collateral ovules, style-head capitate to conical. Fruit 1.4–2.3 cm long, 3-valved, ellipsoid, apex truncate to emarginate, base acute to rounded, often with a short stipe, subglabrous, seeds 1–3, arillode enveloping upper half of the seed and sometimes more.

Distribution & Ecology. Coastal Brazil from Bahia southwards to Rio Grande do Sul, in lowland rain forest.

Representative Additional Collections. BRAZIL. Bahia: Municipio Aurelino Leal, Aurelino Leal to Lago de Banco km 10–11 (SW1439), Kallunki et al. 551 (K, NY). Espirito Santo: Linhares, CVRD Reserve (SW1939), Farias 134 (K). Rio de Janeiro: Niteroi, Itacoatiara (SW2243), Almeida 23 (K). São Paulo: Teodoro Sampaio, Morro do Diablo Reserve (SW2252), Aguiar 8868 (K).