Trichilia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Trichilieae
Genus: Trichilia
Species: T. acuminata – T. adolfi – T. amapaensis – T. americana – T. appendiculata – T. aquifolia – T. arenaria – T. areolata – T. blanchetii – T. breviflora – T. bullata – T. capitata – T. casarettoi – T. catigua – T. cauliflora – T. chirriactensis – T. cipo – T. claussenii – T. congesta – T. dazae – T. discolor – T. dregeana – T. elegans – T. elsae – T. emarginata – T. emetica – T. erythrocarpa – T. euneura – T. fasciculata – T. florbranca – T. furcata – T. gamopetala – T. gilgiana – T. gilletii – T. glabra – T. grandifolia – T. havanensis – T. hirta – T. hispida – T. humblotii – T. inaequilatera – T. laxipaniculata – T. lecointei – T. lepidota – T. lovettii – T. magnifoliola – T. martiana – T. martineaui – T. mazanensis – T. megalantha – T. micrantha – T. micropetala – T. minima – T. minutiflora – T. monacantha – T. monadelpha – T. moschata – T. mucronata – T. multifoliola – T. obovata – T. oligantha – T. ornithothera – T. pachypoda – T. pallens – T. pallida – T. petenensis – T. pittieri – T. pleeana – T. poeppigii – T. prieuriana – T. primogenita – T. pseudostipularis – T. pugana – T. pungens – T. quadrijuga – T. quadrivalvis – T. ramalhoi – T. reticulata – T. retusa – T. reynelii – T. rubescens – T. rubra – T. sambiranensis – T. schomburgkii – T. septentrionalis – T. silvatica – T. singularis – T. solitudinis – T. stellatotomentosa – T. stenophylla – T. stipitata – T. surinamensis – T. surumuensis – T. taubertiana – T. tenuifructa – T. tessmannii – T. tetrapetala – T. tomentosa – T. trachyantha – T. triacantha – T. trifolia – T. trimera – T. tsaratananensis – T. tuberculata – T. ulei – T. vestigialis – T. watorikensis – T. welwitschii – T. zewaldae
Name

Trichilia P.Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 278. (1756) nom. et typ. cons.

Type species: Trichilia hirta L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 2: 1020. (1759)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Acanthotrichilia (Urb.) O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 65 (1903)
Acrilia Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 129 (1859)
Barbilus P.Browne in Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica: 216 (1756)
Barbylus Juss. in Gen. Pl.: 430 (1789)
Barola Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 344 (1763), nom. illeg.
Elcaja Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 127 (1775)
Geniostephanus Fenzl in Flora 27: 312 (1844)
Heynichia Kunth in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1844: 8 (1844)
Mafureira Bertol. in Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 2: 269 (1850)
Moschoxylum A.Juss. in Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 237 (1830)
Odontandra Willd. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 511 (1819)
Odontosiphon M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 85 (1846)
Pholacilia Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 129 (1859)
Portesia Cav. in Diss. 7: 369 (1789)
Rochetia Delile in C.L.X.Rochet d'Héricourt, Sec. Voy. Choa: 344 (1846)
Symphytosiphon Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 307 (1896)
Torpesia M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 86 (1846)
Ailantopsis Gagnep. in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 11: 163 (1944)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical America & Africa
Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Browne, P. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts. London. BHL Reference page. : 278

Additional references

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12296 (26 January 2008)

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Trichilia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Trichilia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 16 2022. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Trichilia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Nov. 2022.

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Rooiessenhoute
مصرى: تریچیلیا
中文: 帚木属, 鹧鸪花属

Trichilia is a flowering plant genus in the family Meliaceae. These plants are particularly diverse in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America.

Several species are used in folk medicine and shamanism – e.g. T. rubescens against malaria, T. tocacheana as a hallucinogen, and T. catigua in the aphrodisiac and stimulant catuaba. T. emetica wood, also known as Natal mahogany or Cape mahogany is the traditional material of choice for Mozambique's famous psikhelekedana miniature artists. Trichilia dregeana, or forest mahogany also yields timber and is also used in carvings, traditional African musical instruments, household implements, furniture, bats and canoes.

Selected species:

Trichilia acuminata
Trichilia areolata
Trichilia blanchetii
Trichilia breviflora
Trichilia bullata
Trichilia casaretti
Trichilia catigua
Trichilia chirriactensis
Trichilia columata Guardi
Trichilia discolor
Trichilia dregeana Sond.
Trichilia elsae
Trichilia emarginata
Trichilia emetica Vahl
Trichilia fasciculata
Trichilia florbranca
Trichilia gamopetala
Trichilia grandifolia
Trichilia hirta
Trichilia hispida
Trichilia lecointei
Trichilia lovettii
Trichilia magnifoliola
Trichilia micropetala
Trichilia ornithothera
Trichilia pallens
Trichilia pittieri
Trichilia primogenita
Trichilia pseudostipularis
Trichilia pungens
Trichilia quadrijuga
Trichilia ramalhoi
Trichilia reticulata
Trichilia rubescens
Trichilia silvatica
Trichilia solitudinis
Trichilia stellato-tomentosa
Trichilia surumuensis
Trichilia tetrapetala
Trichilia tocacheana C.DC.
Trichilia trachyantha
Trichilia triacantha – Bariaco
Trichilia ulei

References