Trichilia euneura C. DC.

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 61-62

15. Trichilia euneura C. DC. , in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 1: 673 (1878); T. D.Penn. & Styles, Fl. Neotrop. 28: 45. (1981). Type:— FRENCH GUIANA. (Cayenne), fl., Leprieur s.n. (holotype, G-DC; isotypes, G, K, P). Map 21

For synonymy see FN 28:42 (1981). Illustration: FN 28: 43, fig. 3 (1981). MAP 21. Distribution of Trichilia euneura C.DC. Solid dots, distribution pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum of minute stellate hairs (×20) on young shoots and inflorescence, leaflets 5–7, alternate, mostly 13–20 cm. long, 6–10 cm. broad, oblong to broadly elliptic, inflorescence mostly 2.5–7 cm long, a densely flowered thyrse, calyx of +/- free, imbricate sepals, petals 5, free, 4–5 mm long, imbricate, filaments fused for 1/3 to 1/2 their length, anthers 8–10, nectary a small annulus, ovary 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, fruit 2.7–6.5 cm long, 3-valved, ellipsoid to globose, pericarp 1.5–2 mm thick, densely stellate puberulous, seed solitary, surrounded by a fleshy sarcotesta.

Distribution and Ecology. Northern Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, trans-Amazonian from Amapá, Brazil to Loreto, Peru, in non-flooded lowland rain forest. Not yet recorded from Guyana.

Representative Additional Collections. VENEZUELA. Miranda: Distrito Paez, Fila la Tigra, 18 km SW of Cúpira (NW1065), Gonzalez & Ortega 1317 (K). Tachira: Cerro de Cuite (NW0772), Steyermark et al. 119673 (K).

SURINAM. Litani River (NW0772), Acevedo-Rodríguez et al. 5748 (K).

FRENCH GUIANA. Saül, Route de Belizon (NW0353), Mori et al. 21989 (K).

PERU. Loreto: Iquitos, Puerto Almendras (SW0373), Pennington & Criollo 12411 (K).

BRAZIL. Amapá: Reserva INCRA, Rio Falsino (NW0151), Campbell et al. 9933 (K). Amazonas: Presidente Figueiredo, Represa de Balbina on Rio Uatumã (SW0159), Thomas et al. 5260 (NY).