Trichilia bullata T.D. Penn., Fl. Neotrop.

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 102-103

48. Trichilia bullata T.D. Penn., Fl. Neotrop. 28: 179 (1981). Type :— BRAZIL. Amazonas , Municipality Humaita, fl., Krukoff 7213 (holotype, A; isotypes, BM, F, G, K, MICH, MO, NY, S, U. US). Map 54

Illustration: FN 28: 180, fig. 35 (1981). MAP 54. Distribution of Trichilia bullata T.D.Penn. Solid dots, distribution pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum of simple, crisped, tomentose or villose hairs, leaflets dimorphic, 7–11 with 2 pairs of reduced basal leaflets, usually opposite or subopposite, 14 × 4–25 × 7.5 cm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, secondary veins (17–)20–29 pairs, at least 1 pair of reduced basal leaflets with expanded blade, inflorescence 30–60 cm long, a slender panicle, petals 4–5, ca. 6 mm long, fused to 1/3–2/3 their length, valvate, appressed puberulous, filaments completely fused in a cylindrical staminal tube, anthers 7–10, nectary obscure or absent, ovary pubescent, 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, fruit unknown.

Distribution & Ecology. Known only from central Amazonian Brazil where it is a denizen of non-flooded lowland forest.

Additional Collections Examined. BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus-Itacoatiara km 26, Ducke Forest Reserve (SW0259), Assunção & Pereira 262 (K); Gomes et al. 9 (K); Souza et al. 548 (K).

Relationships. Morphologically closest to T. schomburgkii , but this relationship is not confirmed by the ITS analysis which has them widely separated.