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Mahoganies
Trichilia
Trichilia is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family. These species 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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Natal mahogany
speciesTrichilia emetica
Forest Mahogany
speciesTrichilia dregeana
broomstick
speciesTrichilia hirta
Bastard Lime
speciesTrichilia havanensis
Trichilia pallida
speciesTrichilia pallida
Trichilia elegans
speciesTrichilia elegans
Trichilia trifolia
speciesTrichilia trifolia
Trichilia catigua
speciesTrichilia catigua
Trichilia claussenii
speciesTrichilia claussenii
Trichilia martiana
speciesTrichilia martiana
Trichilia americana
speciesTrichilia americana
Trichilia glabra
speciesTrichilia glabra
Trichilia lepidota
speciesTrichilia lepidota
Trichilia casarettoi
speciesTrichilia casarettoi
Trichilia tuberculata
speciesTrichilia tuberculata
Trichilia pseudostipularis
speciesTrichilia pseudostipularis
Trichilia capitata
speciesTrichilia capitata
Bariaco
speciesTrichilia triacantha
Trichilia pallens
speciesTrichilia pallens
Trichilia septentrionalis
speciesTrichilia septentrionalis
Trichilia quadrijuga
speciesTrichilia quadrijuga
Trichilia schomburgkii
speciesTrichilia schomburgkii
Trichilia tessmannii
speciesTrichilia tessmannii
Trichilia minutiflora
speciesTrichilia minutiflora
Trichilia pleeana
speciesTrichilia pleeana
Trichilia magnifoliola
speciesTrichilia magnifoliola
Hispaniolan Hollyleaf Mahogany
speciesTrichilia aquifolia
Trichilia emarginata
speciesTrichilia emarginata
Trichilia breviflora
speciesTrichilia breviflora
Trichilia grandifolia
speciesTrichilia grandifolia
Trichilia stellatotomentosa
speciesTrichilia stellatotomentosa
Trichilia monadelpha
speciesTrichilia monadelpha
Trichilia quadrivalvis
speciesTrichilia quadrivalvis
Trichilia tomentosa
speciesTrichilia tomentosa
Trichilia silvatica
speciesTrichilia silvatica
Trichilia ornithothera
speciesTrichilia ornithothera
Trichilia prieureana
speciesTrichilia prieureana
Trichilia acuminata
speciesTrichilia acuminata
Trichilia megalantha
speciesTrichilia megalantha
Trichilia erythrocarpa
speciesTrichilia erythrocarpa
Trichilia retusa
speciesTrichilia retusa
Trichilia martineaui
speciesTrichilia martineaui
Trichilia mucronata
speciesTrichilia mucronata
Trichilia arenaria
speciesTrichilia arenaria
Trichilia welwitschii
speciesTrichilia welwitschii
Trichilia adolfi
speciesTrichilia adolfi
Trichilia rubescens
speciesTrichilia rubescens
Trichilia gilletii
speciesTrichilia gilletii
Trichilia pungens
speciesTrichilia pungens
Trichilia ramalhoi
speciesTrichilia ramalhoi
Trichilia djalonis
speciesTrichilia djalonis
Trichilia pachypoda
speciesTrichilia pachypoda
Trichilia multifoliola
speciesTrichilia multifoliola
Trichilia pittieri
speciesTrichilia pittieri
Trichilia trachyantha
speciesTrichilia trachyantha
Trichilia moschata
speciesTrichilia moschata
Trichilia areolata
speciesTrichilia areolata
Trichilia chirriactensis
speciesTrichilia chirriactensis
Trichilia discolor
speciesTrichilia discolor
Trichilia gamopetala
speciesTrichilia gamopetala
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133554.