Talisia obovata A.C.Sm.
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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. Amazonas: Near mouth of Embira river, basin of Jurua river, 17 Jun 1933 (fl), B.A. Krukoff 4981 (holotype, NY-2 sheets).
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Description
Species Description - Treelet 3-4 m tall. Stems terete, glabrous or puberulent, lenticellate, striate. Leaves paripinnate; distal process acicular, ca. 2 mm long; leaflets 4 or 6, opposite, obovate, oblanceolate or elliptic, chartaceous, 5.5-22 × 2.5-8.5 (15.2) cm, glabrous, the adaxial with prominent midvein and slightly impressed secondaries, the abaxial surface with prominent brochidodromus venation, the secondary veins straight, forming a strong submarginal loop, tertiary veins reticulate, the apex obtuse to abruptly acuminate, the base asymmetrical, attenuate or obtuse, the margins entire, slightly revolute; petiolules 5-12 mm long, pulvinate at base, glabrous, adaxially canaliculate; rachis 6-8 cm long, terete or nearly so, glabrous; petioles 5-12.5 cm long, terete, glabrous, less often lenticellate, bulbous at base. Thyrses panicle-shaped, 8-20 cm long, terminal or axillary on distal portion of branches; cataphylls acicular, 2-4 mm long, appressed-pubescent, supra-axillary; axes slightly angled, striate or sulcate, puberulent; bracts and bracteoles subulate, pubescent, ca. 1 mm long; dichasia compound or simple toward distal portion of axis; peduncle less than 1 mm long; pedicels 1-1.5 mm long, articulate above the middle. Flower buds angular-ovoid. Calyx 1.5-2.5 mm long, light green, pubescent to pilose, the sepals 1-1.5 mm long, deltate or ovate-deltate, concave, adaxially glabrous; petals white, 4.5-5 mm long, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, glabrous except for the ciliate lower margin, obtuse at apex, cuneate at base; appendage as long as the petal, long deltate, abaxially glabrous or sparsely papillate, adaxially hirsute on upper half; disc 5-lobed, glabrous, 0.5-0.7 mm tall; stamens 5, the filaments of equal length, glabrous, 1.2-2.2 mm long, slightly flattened, the anthers oblong, 1.2-2 mm long, apiculate at apex; ovary glabrous or puberulent, conical, the stigma elongate-trigonous, ferruginous-papillate. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm long, yellow, the pericarp coriaceous, granulose, ca. 0.5 mm thick, the endocarp glabrous. Embryo with cotyledons lying transversely over each other, both of similar size.
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Discussion
The specific epithet refers to the shape of the leaflets as found in the type collection.
Phenology. Flowers April to October, and fruit from January to March.
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Common Names
Pitomba
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Distribution
Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil, in non-flooded, primary, lowland forest and varzea forest.
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