Talisia bullata 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. Ecuador. Manabí: Rosario, Jul 1893 (fl), Eggers 15004 (lectotype, M, here designated; isolectotypes, B-destroyed, C, n.v., K, US, photo of B (F neg. 5671) at US, frag, at MO. Syntype. Ecuador, without locality, Aug 1893 (fl), Zapullo s.n. (?).
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Description
Species Description - Treelet 8-12 m tall; bark grayish, lenticellate. Stems terete, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves paripinnate or less often imparipinnate; distal process acicular, deciduous, leaving a truncate base ca. 4 mm long; leaflets 11-14, alternate to opposite, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 23-79 × (7.5) 9-21.5 cm, the distal and basal leaflets smaller than the median ones, rigidly coriaceous, bullate, the adaxial surface with deeply sunken veins, glabrous, the abaxial surface with prominent, puberulent veins, the venation brochidodromus, with secondary veins alternate, arching, nearly parallel, forming a strong submarginal vein, the margins strongly revolute, the apex obtuse, the base obtuse-rounded, unequal or slightly so; petiolules pulvinate, slightly flattened along adaxial surface, 1.2-1.7 × 0.5-1.0 cm, puberulent to glabrous; rachis 37-77 cm long, obtusely quadrato-rhombic, to transverse-rhombic, furrowed, puberulent or glabrous; petioles 30-45 cm long, terete, striate, greatly enlarged at base, slightly depressed along adaxial surface. Thyrses panicle-shaped, apparently terminal; cataphylls acicular, 4-5.5 cm long; axes more than 50 cm long, secondary branches to 20 cm long, angled, sulcate, densely covered with minute, cinnamomeus hairs, and scattered glandular hairs; bracts ovate to deltate, persistent, 1-1.6 mm long; dichasia compound, sessile, congested along axes; pedicels to 1.5 mm long, tomentose, articulate at the apex. Calyx 3-3.5 mm long, tomentulose, the sepals ca. 2 mm long, ovate, concave, rounded at apex, ciliate at margins; petals obovate, 6-6.5 mm long, reflexed at anthesis, puberulent on adaxial surface, tomentose on lower half of abaxial surface, the apex rounded, the base attenuate-clawed; appendages as long as the petals, lanceolate, erect, sericeous on both surfaces; disc cup-shaped, 5-lobed, tomentose, ca. 1 mm tall; stamens 8, the filaments of equal length, ca. 1.5 mm long, pubescent, the anthers ca. 1.3 mm long, oblong, glabrous, apiculate at apex; ovary ovoid, densely ferruginous-tomentose, the stigma nearly capitate. Fruits ellipsoid, granulate, puberulent or glabrous, 2.6-3 cm long, apiculate at apex, the pericarp coriaceous, ca. 1 mm thick, the endocarp puberulent. Seed one per fruit, ellipsoid. Embryo with cotyledons laying obliquely dorsiventral over each other, the upper one slightly larger than the lower one.
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Discussion
The specific epithet refers to the blistered appearance of the leaflets.
Phenology. Collected in flower during July and August, and in fruit in May and September.
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Distribution
In coastal, nonflooded rainforest of western Colombia and Ecuador.
Colombia South America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Ecuador South America| Esmeraldas Ecuador South America|