Tovomita manauara A. M. Nobre & L. Marinho

37. Tovomita manauara A. M. Nobre & L. Marinho View in CoL in Phytotaxa   GoogleMaps 536: 271. 2022. – Holotype: Brazil, Amazonas   GoogleMaps , Manaus   GoogleMaps , c. 90 km N de Manaus   GoogleMaps , Distrito Agropecuário da Suframa, rodovia BR 174 , km 72, depois 6 km oeste da BR, Fazenda Dimona, mata de terra-firme sobre latossolo amarelo, árvore n°3362, 02°19'S, 60°05'W, 50–125 m, 16 Jul 1992, M. Nee 42991 (INPA [INPA no. 175735]!; isotypes: GH!, MG!, MO, NY [ NY01417188 ]!, UEC!).

Description — Trees up to 18 m tall, prop roots conspicuous; exudate yellow, abundant. Petioles 10–20 mm long, smooth, green, lenticels absent. Leaf blades 4.7–14.2 × 1.9–7.1 cm, brownish-green and shiny in sicco, black dots present on both surfaces, subcoriaceous, oblong to obovate, base convex or rounded, apex acute or apiculate; fungal spots, papillae and lenticels absent; exudate canals conspicuous, parallel to secondary veins, visible only abaxially in sicco as blackish lines. Venation: secondary veins 25–36 pairs, 1–6.2 mm apart from each other, forming angle c. 70° to midvein, immersed adaxially and slightly prominent abaxially, straight near margin; intersecondary veins present, one or rarely two per intercostal area, similar to secondary veins, parallel to major secondary,> 50 % of subjacent secondary length; tertiary veins inconspicuous; intramarginal vein present. Inflorescences and flowers not seen. Capsules fleshy, 2.5–5.3 × 0.9– 2.4 cm, 4-septate, turbinate to napiform when closed, not costate, 4-lobed, rostrum absent, epicarp smooth, lenticels absent, green when immature, mature not seen, mesocarp purplish-red; sepals, petals and staminodes caducous, stigmas persistent. Aril light orange.

Distribution — Brazil (Amazonas). Fig. 60.

Conservation status — Data Deficient (DD, Nobre & al. 2022).

Recognition and discussion — Specimens of Tovomita manauara had been identified as T. caloneura due to the large number of secondary veins. These two species can be distinguished by the fruit morphology, as T. manauara has 4-septate and turbinate fruits, while in T. caloneura the fruits are 5-septate and fusiform.

Specimens examined — BRAZIL: LORETO: AMAZONAS: Manaus , estrada Manaus-Porto Velho, estrada entre o lago do Castanho e o Rio Araçá, em direção ao Careiro, 12 Jul 1972, fr., M. F . Silva & al. 564 ( INPA!); Distrito Agropecuário da Suframa , rodovia BR 174 , km 64, depois 23 km leste na ZF3, Fazenda Esteio, árvore n°2803, 02°23'S, 59°51'W, 27 Aug 1986, fr., M. J. R GoogleMaps . Pereira s.n. ( INPA!); c. 90 km N de Manaus, Distrito Agropecuário da Suframa , rodovia BR 174 , km 72, depois 6 km oeste da BR, Fazenda Dimona, árvore n°3362, 02°19'S, 60°05'W, 28 Jun 1989, fr., E GoogleMaps . Palheta s.n. ( INPA!, NY!); c. 90 km N de Manaus, Distrito Agropecuário da Suframa , rodovia BR 174 , km 64, depois 23 km leste na ZF3, Fazenda Esteio, árvore n°2803, 02°23'S, 59°51'W, 26 Jul 1989, fr., S. S GoogleMaps . da Silva s.n. ( INPA!, NY!) .