Trichilia glabra

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 52-53

10. Trichilia glabra L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1020 (1759); T. D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop. 28: 65 (1981). Type:— JAMAICA, without locality, fl., P. Browne s.n. (holotype, LINN). Map 15

For synonymy see FN 28: 65 (1981). Illustration FN 28: 67, fig. 7 (1981).

Abbreviated Description. Bud scales present. Indumentum of simple hairs, leaflets 5–13, opposite, 3.5–12.5 cm long, 1.5–4.2 cm broad, ovate, lanceolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, often with tufts of hair in axils of secondary veins on lower surface, inflorescences usually clustered at stem apex, mostly 3–10 cm long, usually a corymbose thyrse, calyx 1.5–3 mm long, petals (4–)5, free, 4–7 mm long, imbricate, filaments completely fused or free for about one quarter of their length, sometimes becoming free with age, anthers (9–)10, glabrous, nectary annular, pubescent, ovary densely pubescent, 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, fruit 1.3–1.8 cm long, 3-valved, ovoid to globose, often trigonous when dried, densely puberulous, 1–2 collateral seeds in each valve, arillode confined to apex and adaxial surface of seed.

MAP 15. Distribution of Trichilia glabra L. Solid dots, distributiion pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Distribution & Ecology. Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Swan Islands ( Honduras), Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Guatemala, through Central America to Costa Rica but not recorded from Belize. In tropical deciduous forest and in semi-evergreen seasonal forest, mostly over limestone.

Representative Additional Collections. MEXICO. Campeche: Municipio Cakakmul, 1.1 km E of Conhuas (NW1889), Alvarez 1728 (NY). Chiapas: Municipio Tonala, Ejido las Palmas (NW1693), Reyes-García & Gomez 4619 (MEXU). Oaxaca: Mun. Lachiguri, 5km NW of Lachiguri (NW1695), Campos 3623 (NY). Quintana Roo: Município Holón P Blanco, 13 km NW of Rio Verde (NW1989), Alvarez & Ramirez 8737 (MEXU); Isla de Cozumel, El Cebal (NW2086), E. & H. Cabrera 6388 (NY). Yucatán: Xul, ruinas KOM, 2 km Oxkutzcab (NW2089), Sanabria & Sima 389 (MEXU).

GUATEMALA. Escuintla: between Palin and Escuintla (NW1490), Castillo 1034 (K).

HONDURAS. El Paraíso: Município Monoceli, Quebrada Grande (NW1486), Linares et al. 5843 (MEXU). Francisco Morazán: Tegucigalpa, Colonia 15 de Septiembre (NW1487), Guerra 186 (K).

EL SALVADOR. Ahuáchapan: San Francisco Menendez, El Corazo (NW1389), Rosales 501 (K).

NICARAGUA. Carazo: Estación Biológica de Chococentro (NW1186), Grijalva & Almanza 3564 (K). Esteli: Llano El Pozo, 18 km E of Esteli (NW1386), Moreno 21379 (K). Madriz: Santa Isabel, 4 km S of Somoto, (NW1386), Moreno 6821 (K). Managua: Las Mesas de Acicayan (NW1285), Grijalva 2624 (K). Rivas: Isla Ometepe, Volcán Maderas (NW1185), Robleto 816 (K).

COSTA RICA. Guanacaste: Palo Verde National Park (NW1085), Chavarria 569 (K). Puntarenas: Corcovado National Park, Sirena (NW0883), Kernan & Phillips 1035 (K).

JAMAICA. Manchester Parish: Marshalls Pen, 2.5 miles NNW of Mandeville (NW1877), Acevedo-Rodríguez et al. 9507 (NY).