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Trichilia welwitschii

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Name

Identification
Trichilia welwitschii C.DC. [family MELIACEAE ] (stored under name); Trichilia welwitschii C.DC. [family MELIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Trichilia oddonii
  • Trichilia pynaertii
  • Trichilia zenkeri
  • Trichilia caloneura
  • Trichilia dregeana
  • Trichilia welwitschii
  • Trichilia kisoko
  • Trichilia oddoni

Information

Entry for Trichilia welwitschii C DC. [family MELIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Names
Trichilia heudelotii Planch., in part. [family MELIACEAE]
Trichilia welwitschii C DC. [family MELIACEAE]
Trichilia zenkeri Harms, in part [family MELIACEAE]
Uses
(bark) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (timber (3rd class)) Products: carpentry and related applications
Description
A small to medium-sized tree, ± 10–20 m high, bole cylindrical 15–30 cm diameter bearing a dense crown of ascending branches; of rain-forest, deciduous forest and secondary jungle; in the SE corner of Nigeria, and common over the Congo basin.The species h
References
References:1. Bouquet, 1969: 159, as T. zenkeri Harms. 2. De Wilde, 1968: 181–90.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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