Talisia granulosa Acev.-Rodr.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2003. Meliococceae (Sapindaceae): . Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 87: 1-178. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Sapindaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Talisia granulosa Acev.-Rodr.

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. Amazonas: Mun. Manaus. Reserva Ducke, Manaus-Itacoatiara Hwy, km 26, plateau forest, 2° 53' S, 59° 58' W, 15 Jul 1997 (fr), PA. Assunção et al. 538 (holotype, US; isotype, INPA, n.v.).

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - A Talisia floresii Standley foliolis abaxiale albo-granulosis differt.

    Species Description - Tree; trunk furrowed; bark reddish brown, with numerous lenticels, peeling off in irregular plates; inner bark light orange. Young stems striate, minutely appressed-pubescent, becoming terete and lenticellate. Leaves paripinnate; distal process acicular, deciduous, leaving a 1 mm long base with truncate apex; leaflets 4-6, opposite or subopposite, 5-9 × 1.7-4, oblanceolate or obovate, coriaceous, the adaxial surface glabrous, slightly lustrous, with sunken primary and secondary veins, the abaxial surface albo-granulose, scattered, appressed-pubescent, with prominent primary and secondary veins, the venation brochidodromus, orangish, with secondary veins alternate or opposite, straight or slightly arching toward the margin, tertiary veins reticulate, the margins strongly revolute, the apex obtusely apiculate, the base obtuse; petiolules 1-5 mm long, minutely appressed-pubescent, adaxially furrowed; rachis 1.4-3.5 cm long, striate, minutely appressed-pubescent; petioles 2.5-4.2 cm long, minutely appressed-pubescent, lenticellate, slightly flattened and bicanaliculate along adaxial surface, slightly enlarged at base. Inflorescence and flowers unknown. Fruits depressed-globose, brownish, smooth, minutely ferruginous-sericeous, 2 × 3.1 cm long, the pericarp woody, ca. 2 mm thick. Seed ca. ellipsoid, ca. 2.7 cm long, with fleshy testa. Embryo peanut-shaped; cotyledons superimposed, of equal size.

  • Discussion

    Talisia granulosa is similar to T. floresii, however, T. granulosa can be distinguished from the latter by the leaflets with albo-granulose and scattered, appressed-pubescent abaxial surface (vs. glabrous). The specific epithet refers to the granulate appearance of the abaxial surface of the leaflets.

    Phenology. Collected in fruit during July.

  • Distribution

    Known only from the type collection.

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