Trichilia lepidota Mart. subsp. leucastera (Sandwith) T.D. Penn., Fl. Neotrop.

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 40

4c. Trichilia lepidota Mart. subsp. leucastera (Sandwith) T.D. Penn., Fl. Neotrop. 28: 40 (1981). Map 6

Trichilia leucastera Sandwith , Bulletin Misc. Inf. Kew 328 (1933). Type:— GUYANA, Simuni Creek, Rupununi river, fl, Davis in Forest Department 2140 (holotype, K).

Field Characters. Tree to 25 m high and 30 cm diam., trunk sometimes fluted at base, bark smooth, brown and hard, slash pink; flowers scented, greenish-white to white and capsule maturing brown, opening to expose the red seeds. Flowering recorded January to Febuary. and July–August, mature fruit January–April.

Distribution. Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Maranhão, Brazil.

MAP 6. Distribution of Trichilia lepidota Mart. subsp. leucastera (Sandw.) T.D.Penn. Solid dots, distribution pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Additional collections examined. VENEZUELA. Bolívar: Municipio Piar, Isla en el lago de Guri (NW0767), Aymard et al. 7560 (K); Dist. Cedeño, vicinity of Panuré village of Carazal (NW0666), Boom & Grillo 6476 (NY), Boom & Wentzel 6709 (K); Río Venamo, between Isla Anacoco and Puesto Venamo (NW0561), Stergios et al. 5038 (K).

SURINAM. Area of Kabalebo Dam project (NW0457), Lindeman & de Roon 830 (K).

FRENCH GUIANA. Station des Nouragues, Bassin de l’Arataye (NW0452), Sabatier & Prévost 1827 (K); Forêt de Crique Plomb (NW0552), Sabatier & Prévost 4756 (K).

BRAZIL. Maranhão: Municipio Sta. Luzia, Fazenda AGRIPEC, 7 km W of Buriticupu (SW0446), Taylor et al. 1139 (K); Municipio Sta. Luzia, Bom Jesus, Fazenda Batuta (SW0446), Taylor et al. 1178 (K); Municipio Grajau, Mondelandia (SW0546), Taylor et al. 1304 (K), 1311 (K).