4195.000 Trichilia P. Browne

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers unisexual, but male and female flowers appearing little different, borne in congested cymes (in ours). Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, free. Filaments 10, united in the lower half with anthers inserted between a pair of triangular appendages. Ovary 2-3(-4)-locular. Stigma capitate. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds large, almost completely covered (in ours) by a bright red aril.

Derivation of name: from tricheilos, 3-lipped or tricha, in threes, referring to the 3-locular fruit

Worldwide: 84 species in the tropics of America and Africa

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
dregeana Sond.	Description, Image
emetica Vahl subsp. emetica	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Trichilia
Flora of Burundi: Trichilia
Flora of Caprivi: Trichilia
Flora of Malawi: Trichilia
Flora of Mozambique: Trichilia
Flora of Zambia: Trichilia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Trichilia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Trichilia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Trichilia
JSTOR Plant Science: Trichilia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Trichilia
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Tropicos: Trichilia
Wikipedia: Trichilia