Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae) Author Pennington, Terence D. text Phytotaxa 2016 2016-05-05 259 1 18 162 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.259.1.5 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.259.1.5 1179-3163 13685746 51. Trichilia ulei C.DC., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 164 (1907) ; T . D.Penn. , Fl. Neotrop. 28: 184 (1981). Type:— PERU . San Martín , Tarapoto, fl., Ule 6612 ( lectotype , MG (designated FN 28: 184 (1981)). Map 57 Illustration FN 28: 183, fig. 37 (1981) . MAP 57. Distribution of Trichilia ulei C.DC. Total distribution to 2010. Abbreviated Description . Indumentum of minute puberulous basifixed simple hairs. Leaflets dimorphic, 9–10, with 1 pair of greatly reduced basal leaflets near base of petiole, opposite to alternate, 13 × 3.5–15 × 6.5 cm , oblanceolate, elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate coriaceous, margin revolute, inflorescence 20–26 cm long, a laxly-branched panicle, petals 5, 5–6 mm long, fused for 1/2–2/3 their length, valvate, filaments completely fused in a staminal tube, margin with subulate appendages alternating with the anthers, anthers 9–10, nectary absent, ovary densely strigose, 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, capsule ca. 2 cm long, 3-valved, narrowly ovoid, appressed puberulous, seed with aril developed at apex and along adaxial face only. Field Characters . Tree to 15m high and 20 cm diam, with cylindric bole and greyish-brown bark which scales in large irregular thin pieces, slash 3–4 mm thick, reddish; the fragrant flowers are pale cream-coloured, with yellow anthers. Flowering in November and December, fruit maturing from December to February. Distribution & Ecology . Known only from the Tarapoto region, San Martín , Peru where it is a component of semideciduous seasonally dry forest, occuring with Manilkara bidentata and Schinopsis peruviana , at 250–350 m elevation. Additional Collections Examined . PERU . San Martín : 31 km S of Tarapoto, overlooking R. Huallaga (SW0676), Gentry et al . 37801 (K); road from Tarapoto to Bellavista km 25 (SW0676), Pennington et al. 12357 (K, MOL), 12360 (K, MOL); Tarapoto to Juanjui km 12 (SW0676), Pennington & Daza 16747 (K, MOL).