Monographs Details:
Authority:
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2003. Meliococceae (Sapindaceae):. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 87: 1-178. (Published by NYBG Press)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2003. Meliococceae (Sapindaceae):
Family:
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae
Synonyms:
Talisia glandulifera Steyerm.
Talisia glandulifera Steyerm.
Description:
Species Description - Tree 12-18 m tall, branching on upper portion to produce a dense crown; trunk to 23 cm in diam.; bark grayish, thin, smooth, peeling off in irregular plates; inner bark reddish. Young growth conspicuously fulvo-tomentose, intermixed with numerous glandular hairs. Twigs nearly terete, glabrescent with age. Leaves paripinnate, spirally arranged on distal portions of stem(s); distal process cylindric, truncate, 2-4 mm long; leaflets (6) 10-14, opposite to alternate, oblong-elliptic, chartaceous, 6-23.5 × 2-5.7(8.5) cm, both surfaces glabrous, except for the minutely pubescent (sometimes with glandular hairs) midvein, the abaxial surface rarely sparsely minutely hispidulous, the venation brochidodromus, flattened or slightly impressed, adaxially, prominent abaxially, tertiary veins reticulate, the apex acuminate, the base inequilateral, one side obtuse the other acute; petiolules pulvinate, 3-5 mm long, minutely hirsute with scattered glandular hairs; rachis (5.5) 13-40 cm long, terete, or slightly angled distally, slightly striate, minutely hirsute, sometimes with scattered setaceous or glandular hairs; petioles (5.5) 8-19 cm long, enlarged at the base. Thyrses panicle-shaped, 6-31 cm long, terminal or axillary on distal portion of branches; cataphylls 5-25 mm long, acicular, sericeous-tomentose; axes pubescent to sericeous-tomentose, with scattered to numerous glandular hairs; bracts early deciduous, subulate, ca. 5 mm long, with same indumentum as the axes; bracteoles persistent, similar to the bracts but smaller; dichasia compound, sessile; pedicels 1-1.2 mm long, appressed-pubescent, articulate at the base. Calyx nearly conical 2.5-3.5 mm long, tomentose, with scattered glandular hairs, the sepals 1-2.2 mm long, oblong or ovate-deltate, obtuse at apex; petals whitish, reflexed at anthesis, 5.5-6 mm long, nearly elliptic to obovate, the abaxial surface glabrous, the adaxial surface with scattered glandular, papilliform hairs, ciliate at margins, the apex rounded, the base attenuate; appendages as long as the petals, deltate, the abaxial surface glabrous with a few glandular hairs, the adaxial surface hirsute on the upper half; disc annular, 5-lobed, ca. 1 mm tall, minutely hirsute; stamens 8, the filaments glabrous, of same length, ca. 4 mm long, the anthers oblong, ca. 1.2 mm long, apiculate at apex; ovary conical, sericeous-tomentose, the stigma cylindric-trigonous, papillate, ca. 1 mm long. Fruit yellow to orange-yellow at maturity, globose-ovoid or obovoid, apiculate, ca. 2 cm long, densely hirsutulous, the pericarp woody, ca. 3 mm thick. Seed one per fruit, nearly globose, ca. 1.5 cm long, with a thin, fleshy, orange-yellow testa. Embryo with cotyledons superimposed, of equal size.
Species Description - Tree 12-18 m tall, branching on upper portion to produce a dense crown; trunk to 23 cm in diam.; bark grayish, thin, smooth, peeling off in irregular plates; inner bark reddish. Young growth conspicuously fulvo-tomentose, intermixed with numerous glandular hairs. Twigs nearly terete, glabrescent with age. Leaves paripinnate, spirally arranged on distal portions of stem(s); distal process cylindric, truncate, 2-4 mm long; leaflets (6) 10-14, opposite to alternate, oblong-elliptic, chartaceous, 6-23.5 × 2-5.7(8.5) cm, both surfaces glabrous, except for the minutely pubescent (sometimes with glandular hairs) midvein, the abaxial surface rarely sparsely minutely hispidulous, the venation brochidodromus, flattened or slightly impressed, adaxially, prominent abaxially, tertiary veins reticulate, the apex acuminate, the base inequilateral, one side obtuse the other acute; petiolules pulvinate, 3-5 mm long, minutely hirsute with scattered glandular hairs; rachis (5.5) 13-40 cm long, terete, or slightly angled distally, slightly striate, minutely hirsute, sometimes with scattered setaceous or glandular hairs; petioles (5.5) 8-19 cm long, enlarged at the base. Thyrses panicle-shaped, 6-31 cm long, terminal or axillary on distal portion of branches; cataphylls 5-25 mm long, acicular, sericeous-tomentose; axes pubescent to sericeous-tomentose, with scattered to numerous glandular hairs; bracts early deciduous, subulate, ca. 5 mm long, with same indumentum as the axes; bracteoles persistent, similar to the bracts but smaller; dichasia compound, sessile; pedicels 1-1.2 mm long, appressed-pubescent, articulate at the base. Calyx nearly conical 2.5-3.5 mm long, tomentose, with scattered glandular hairs, the sepals 1-2.2 mm long, oblong or ovate-deltate, obtuse at apex; petals whitish, reflexed at anthesis, 5.5-6 mm long, nearly elliptic to obovate, the abaxial surface glabrous, the adaxial surface with scattered glandular, papilliform hairs, ciliate at margins, the apex rounded, the base attenuate; appendages as long as the petals, deltate, the abaxial surface glabrous with a few glandular hairs, the adaxial surface hirsute on the upper half; disc annular, 5-lobed, ca. 1 mm tall, minutely hirsute; stamens 8, the filaments glabrous, of same length, ca. 4 mm long, the anthers oblong, ca. 1.2 mm long, apiculate at apex; ovary conical, sericeous-tomentose, the stigma cylindric-trigonous, papillate, ca. 1 mm long. Fruit yellow to orange-yellow at maturity, globose-ovoid or obovoid, apiculate, ca. 2 cm long, densely hirsutulous, the pericarp woody, ca. 3 mm thick. Seed one per fruit, nearly globose, ca. 1.5 cm long, with a thin, fleshy, orange-yellow testa. Embryo with cotyledons superimposed, of equal size.
Discussion:
The specific epithet refers to the "partly shaggy" pubescence of stems and inflorescence axes.Phenology. Flowers from August to October and in May, and fruits throughout the year.
The specific epithet refers to the "partly shaggy" pubescence of stems and inflorescence axes.Phenology. Flowers from August to October and in May, and fruits throughout the year.
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Cuyuni-Mazaruni Guyana South America| Potaro-Siparuni Guyana South America| Suriname South America| Brokopondo Suriname South America| Nickerie Suriname South America| Saramacca Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Cayenne French Guiana South America| Saül French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|
Venezuela South America| Amazonas Venezuela South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Cuyuni-Mazaruni Guyana South America| Potaro-Siparuni Guyana South America| Suriname South America| Brokopondo Suriname South America| Nickerie Suriname South America| Saramacca Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Cayenne French Guiana South America| Saül French Guiana South America| Brazil South America| Maranhão Brazil South America| Pará Brazil South America|
Common Names:
Zwarte pintolokus, Cotoperis montanero, cotuperia, cotoperis, Jatoama
Zwarte pintolokus, Cotoperis montanero, cotuperia, cotoperis, Jatoama