Trichilia pungens Urban

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 139-140

77. Trichilia pungens Urban in Feddes Repert. 22: 364 (1926); T. D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop. 28: 231 (1981). Type:— CUBA. Camaguey, Pastelillo, fl., Ekman 19058 (holotype, S; isotypes, A, F, G, NY). Map 86

Illustration: FN 28: 226, fig. 48 (1981).

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum puberulous with simple hairs, leaves (1–)3-foliolate, leaflets 1.6 × 0.6–2.2 × 0.8 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, apex produced into a sharp spine, margin minutely crenulate, venation craspedodromous, inflorescence 1–1.5 cm long, 1–3-flowered, petals 4, ca. 3 mm long, free, valvate, filaments completely fused in a staminal tube, margin with 8 short appendages, anthers 8, nectary absent, ovary strigose, 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, mature fruit unknown, seed in young fruit with fleshy arillode.

MAP 86. Distribution of Trichilia pungens Urb. Total distribution to 2010.

Distribution & Ecology. Eastern Cuba, in dry forest over limestone. Now classified as endangered (B1 + 2c (ver.

2.3) ( IUCN, 2015), due to habitat degradation and tourist developments (Las Tunas and Holguin coastal area). Additional Collections Examined. None.