Trichilia ramalhoi Rizzini, Leandra

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 123-124

64. Trichilia ramalhoi Rizzini, Leandra 4/5: 11 (1974); T. D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop. 28: 174 (1981). Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia, Morro do Chapeu , fl., Ramalho 198 (holotype, RB). Map 72

Illustration: FN 28: 175, fig. 33 (1981).

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum of dense, crisped tomentose or villose simple hairs; leaflets dimorphic, 5–11, with 1 pair of greatly reduced leaflets at base of petiole, alternate to opposite, 6.5 × 1.6–10 × 4 cm, oblong elliptic or oblanceolate, bullate, margin revolute, with dense pubescence on midrib and veins, inflorescence 2–4.5 cm long, a small thyrse, petals 5, 5–5.5 mm long, fused for 1/3–2/3 their length, valvate, filaments completely fused in a staminal tube, anthers 9–10, nectary absent, ovary 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, pubescent, capsule 0.7–2.5 cm long, 1.2–1.4 cm broad, 3-valved, ellipsoid, densely tomentose, seed solitary, almost completely surrounded by a fleshy arillode.

Field Characters. Tree to 30 m high with greenish-white flowers, mature fruit brown, containing a seed with a red arillode. Flowering recorded in May and August, mature fruit in August and February.

Distribution & Ecology. Eastern coastal Brazil from Ceará southwards to Rio de Janeiro, mostly in lowland rain forest but ascending to 1000 m elevation in ‘mata de cipo’ in Bahia.

MAP 72. Distribution of Trichilia ramalhoi Rizz. Solid dots, distribution pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Additional Collections Examined. BRAZIL. Bahia: Una, IBAMA Biological Reserve (SW1539), Jardim et al. 2151 (K, NY); Una, Maruím, 33 km SW of Olivença (SW1539), Mori et al. 13838 (K, NY); Municipio Maracas, 8–11 km S of Maracas (SW1340), dos Santos et al. 3479 (K); Municipio Urucuca, 7.3 km N of Serra Grande, road to Itacaré (SW1439), Thomas et al. 8693 (NY). Espirito Santo: Baixo Ñandú (SW1939), da Luz 205 (K). Minas Gerais: Ferros, Rio do Peixe (SW1943), Tameirão Neto 2732 (K). Rio de Janeiro: Horto Florestal Rio de Janeiro (SW2243), Kuhlmann (RB138317) (K).