Talisia subalbens (Mart.) Radlk.
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2003. Meliococceae (Sapindaceae):
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Family
Sapindaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Brazil. Mato Grosso: Serra a Cima, close to Cuiaba, Oct (without year) (fl), Martius Herbarium 264 (holotype, M; isotype, K).
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Synonyms
Cupania subalbens Mart.
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Description
Species Description - Shrub or treelet, 0.3-2 m; stems terete, cano- or ferruginous-tomentulose, striate. Leaves paripinnate; distal process filiform, 3-4 mm long, truncate at apex; leaflets 8-12, opposite to alternate, asymmetrically oblong-elliptic, sub-lanceolate, 4-10 × 1.5-3.2 cm, coriaceous, the adaxial surface puberulent, dull, with midvein slightly sunken, the abaxial surface albo-sericeous, with prominent midvein and prominulous secondary veins, the venation brochidodromus, tertiary veins reticulate, the margins entire, revolute, the apex obtuse or short- acuminate, with obtuse acumen, the base unequal, obtuse, rounded or cordate; petiolules slightly pulvinate, 1-2 mm long, minutely pubescent, adaxially canaliculate; rachis 12-17 cm long, terete, bicanaliculate along adaxial surface, minutely pubescent; petioles 3-6 (11) cm long, slightly flattened along adaxial surface, striate, slightly enlarge at the very base. Thyrses simple or panicle-shaped, axillary or terminal, 10-25 cm long; cataphylls acicular, minutely tomentose; axes angled, striate, minutely ferruginous-tomentose; bracts subulate, deciduous, ca. 2 mm long; dichasia compound; peduncle 2-10 mm; pedicels 2-4 mm long, articulate at the middle. Calyx 3.5-4- mm long, abaxially tomentose, adaxially appressed-pubescent, the sepals 2.5-3 mm long, elliptic, concave, obtuse at apex; petals elliptic to ovate, 3.5-4.5 mm long, erect, adaxially papillate and puberulent, abaxially puberulent at base and lower margins, the base attenuate or nearly clawed, the apex obtuse sometimes pubescent, slightly retuse; appendages as long as the petals, adnate to petal half of their length, elongate-deltate, erect, adaxially villose along margins and upper half, abaxially puberulent-papillate; disc annular, 5-lobed, tomentose, 0.6-0.7 mm tall; stamens 8, the filaments of unequal length, 2-3 mm long, tomentose, the anthers 1.2-1.6 mm long, ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, glabrous, obtuse or apiculate at apex; ovary conical, ferruginous-tomentose, the stigma trigonous to capitate, tomentulose, papillate. Fruits ovoid, minutely ferruginous-tomentose, 2-2.5 cm long, shortly apiculate at apex, the pericarp woody, 3-4 mm thick. Seed solitary, the testa thin, apparently not fleshy. Embryo with cotyledons laying slightly obliquely dorsiventrally over each other, the upper one slightly larger than the lower one.
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Discussion
The specific epithet refers to the whitish appearance of the abaxial surface of leaflets.
Phenology. Flowers from August to November and fruits in October and November.
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Common Names
Cancudo
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Distribution
Endemic to the Chapada dos Guimaraes and adjacent areas in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, in sandy cerrado and gallery forest.
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