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NUMBER 77 MELIACEAE 155
3. Leaflets equal at base; filaments entirely united.
4. Leaves without a terminal bud; locules 3-manyovulate;
seeds woody ........... Carapa
4. Leaves with a stalked terminal bud; locules
1-Zovulate; seeds fleshy ......... Guarea
Carapa Aublet
Carapa guianensis
Carapa guianensis Aublet, 1775,2(Suppl.):32, pl. 387.
Bois carapat, crab wood, l’angelin, wild cashew.
Tree to 50 m; leaflets 6-14, glabrous, to 4.8 dm long;
capsule globoid, woody, 4-ridged, septifragal; seeds 7-8,
pyramidal, 3 cm x 4 cm; flowering and fruiting in December.
Neotropics; in Dominican forests 60-300 m: Carib Reserve
(Hodge 3332). Layou Park (Nicolson 2133), Melville Hall
(Beard 1476).
Caribs use the oil from the seeds (Hodge and Taylor,
1957:569).
Cedrela Browne
Cedrela odorata
Cedela odorata Linnaeus, 1759a:940.-C.E. Smith, 1965:58.
Cedrela meximna M. Roemer, 1846,1:137.-Wilson in North her. Fl., 1924,
25:293.--G&g et al., 1965:234.
Acajou.
Tree to 40 m; leaflets 10-32, entire, glabrous; perianth
pubescent stamens 5; ovary glabrous; capsule ellipsoid,
2.4-4.5 cm long; seeds winged, 1.2-2 cm long; flowers and
bruised fruit with strong boiled cabbage smell.
Neotropics; on west coast of Dominica at 30 m: Pointe
Michel (Nicolson 4044). Cultivated?
Guarea Allamand ex Linnaeus, nom. cons.
1. Leaflets with domatia in major vein axils beneath; ovary
glabrous ..................... G. glabra
1. Leaflets without domatia; ovary pilose ..........
...................... G. macrophylla
Guarea glabra Vahl, 1807, Eclog., 3:s.
Guarea glabra
Tree to 20 m, often shorter; leaflets 4-12, entire; petals
elliptic to broadly ovate, 7.5-8.0 mm long, white or pink;
capsule fleshy (like Cluria), 4-parted with 4 large seeds, each
covered with a red aril.
Neotropics; in Dominican rainforests 600-1OOO m: En Haut
Jean (Webster 13524, 13530), Freshwater Lake (Ernst 1772,
Hodge 1842, Nicolson 2111, Smith 10233, Stern & Wasshausen
2574, Whitefoord 5132), Jean (Ernst 1818), Roche d’Or
(Wasshausen & Ayensu 403), above Syndicate (DHN!).
G uarea macrophylla
Guarea macrophylla Vahl, 1807, Eclog., 3%.
Guarea perrottetiana Adr. Jussieu, 1830:241,285.
Bois arab, bois pistolet.
Tree to 20 m; leaflets 6-18, entire; inflorescence racemose,
to 25 cm long; petals oblong, 1 cm long, pink.
Lesser Antilles (var. macrophylla); in Dominican forests
50-600 m: Clarke Hall (Stern & Wasshausen 2393), Syndicate
(DHN!, fl. 19 May 1977).
Melia azedarach Linnaeus, 1753:384.
Melia Linnaeus
Melia azedarach
Tree or f herbaceous shrub to 4 m; leaves 2-3-pinnate;
leaflets serrate; flowers lavender; fruits yellowish green.
Asia but pantropically cultivated; escaping in Dominica:
Grand Bay (Ernst 1074), Hatton Garden (Hodge 2939), Roseau
Botanic Garden (Hodge 963), Salisbury (Ernst I429), Hodge
3947, Nicolson 2039, Wilbur 8333).
Trichilia Browne, nom. cons.
1. Leaflets few (1-5); leafrhachis (incl. petiole) 40
cm long
.......................... I: pall&
1. Leaflets many (7-11); leaf rhachis (incl. petiole) >20 cm
long ...................
I: septentrionalis
Trkhilia pallida
Trichilia pall& Swartz, 1788:67.-Pennington, 1981 :95.
Hedwigia simplicifolia Sprengel, 1822,3:24.
Trichilia simplicifoh (Sprengel) Sprengel, 1826,369.
Trichilia diversifolia Adr. Jussieu, 1830:237.278.
Pholacilia diversifoh (Adr. Jussieu) Grisebach, 1860:130.
Bois masse.
Shrub or tree to 10 m; leaves (1-)3-5-f0liolate; leaflets
entire, long-acuminate, glabrous or essentially so; perianth and
ovary pubescent; capsule to 1.4 cm long; seeds 1-3, black and
partially surrounded by a red arillode.
Neotropics; in Dominican rainforest 450-1200 m: Fon Pays
(Hodge 28.53, Freshwater Lake area (Beard 653, Ernst 2165,
Hodge 1980, Stern & Wasshausen 2570), Jean (Webster 1351 7,
13518), Lisdara (Hodge 2 40, Morne Diablotins (Whitefoord
441 7), Sylvania (Hodge 3841, Nicolson 1878), Syndicate
(Hodge 2889, Nicolson 4165), Trois Pitons (Lloyd 772).
Trichilia septenlrwnalis
Trichilia septentrionalk A.C. Candolle in Martius, 1878, 11(1):220.-
Pennington. 1981:126.
Cashew montagne.