Trichilia trifolia L. subsp. trifolia

• Authority

  Pennington, Terence D. 1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28: 1-359, 418-449, 459-470. (Published by NYBG Press)

• Family

  Meliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Trichilia trifolia L. subsp. trifolia

• Synonyms

  Trichilia halesia Loefl., Trichilia trifolia L., Trichilia parvifolia C.DC., Trichilia excisa Urb., Trichilia unifoliola Blake & Standl., Trichilia palmetorum Pittier, Trichilia lamellulata Dugand

• Description

  Species Description - Deciduous treelet to 5(-7) m high, with reddish- or greyish-brown bark which scales in characteristic small thin rectangular pieces. The flowers are inconspicuous, whitish, with yellow anthers and the small brown fruit has large pale lenticels. It dehisces to reveal a seed surrounded by an orange or reddish arillode. The immature pericarp usually contains a small amount of white exudate. Flowering throughout its range is mostly from August to November, but in northern Venezuela there are a few records from other months. Most fruiting collections are from November to April.

• Discussion

  Distribution and Ecology: From Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico, along the Pacific drainage of Central America to Panama, Colombia and northern Venezuela. Also present on the Caribbean slopes of Mexico from Tamaulipas to southern Yucatan Peninsula, and in western Cuba. It is usually a constituent of tropical deciduous forest near the coast especially on the Pacific drainage of Central America, but elsewhere it extends into swamp or riparian lowland forest. It becomes abundant in periodically flooded land in southern Yucatan Peninsula.

• Common Names

  Huesito, Clavito, Cachito, Hallito, Pimiento, Cimaruco Macho

• Distribution

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