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Trichilia splendida

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Trichilia splendida A.Chev. [family MELIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Trichilia dregeana Sond. [family MELIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by De Wilde J.J.F.E., 1968
Related name
  • Trichilia dregeana
  • Trichilia splendida
Common name
  • aribanda des montagnes (after Aubréville)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • uagon (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, DAN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Trichilia splendida A. Chev. [family MELIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Trichilia splendida A. Chev. [family MELIACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 58, Mém. 8: 147 (1912); Aubrév. l.c. 156, t. 184, 1–3; Harms l.c. 110. Pellegr. l.c. 26.
Trichilia tomentosa A. Chev. [family MELIACEAE], Bot115, name only, not of HB& K.
Information
Aforesttree, to 80 ft. high; slash exuding a little latex; flowers white, very fragrant.
Habitat
forest
Distribution
Fr. G.: Kissidougou (Feb.) Chev. 20708! Diaguissa (Apr.) Chev. 12916.IV.C.: Mt. Tonkoui Aubrév.
Notes
[The plants described under this name from Belgian Congo (Staner l.c. 159, fig. 9, t. 4) and from Uganda (Eggeling, Indig. Trees Uganda, ed. 2: 198) are best referred to T. strigulosa Welw. ex C. DC.; the plant referred by Eggeling (l.c. 197) to T. megalantha is also T. strigulosa.]

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