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Trichoscypha lucens

Botanic Family

Anacardiaceae

Author

Oliver

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Cameroon
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• Gallery forest

Flowering Times

• Jan-Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Feb

Tree, rarely a liana or glabrescent scandent shrub, coriaceous leaves to 600mm or more long with 11-15 leaflets glabrous both surfaces or puberulous beneath to 175mm x 58mm, terminal panicles to 150mm of white to pinkish flowers 5mm diameter, fruits pink to dark red 30mm x 20mm, hairy young fruits

Further References

• Breteler net
• Mobot
• Aluka
• Botanicus
• HB
• The Plant List
• FOTA