Trichoscypha lucens

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Anacardiaceae Edible: Fruit Potential hazards — see below 2 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 6.5 m high or can be 25 m high. The trunk can be 15-35 cm across.

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Edible Uses

Fruit - raw. The pulp is sweet when ripe and is sometimes eaten. The fruit is an ovoid drupe 15 - 20mm long, 10 - 15mm in diameter with red hairs.

Traditional Uses

The fruit pulp is sweet when ripe and can be eaten.

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Medicinal Uses

The plant (part not specified) is used in the treatment of costal pains and stiff-neck.

Known Hazards

It is believed that the leaves of this tree can cause an allergic rash when touched. So people are advised not to keep this tree near their homes.

Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in closed forest in West Africa.

Where It Grows

Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Other Uses

The bark exudes a dirty orange-yellow resin with an aromatic smell. The wood is strong, tough and durable. It is used for making canoes, tool handles, knife and sword sheaths and is sawn into planks. The wood is carved into fetish masks.

Synonyms

Trichoscypha chevalieri Aubrev. & Pellegr.Trichoscypha parvifoliata Van der VekenTrichoscypha ulugurensis Mildbr. subsp. ulugurensis Mildbr.Trichoscypha liketensis Van der VekenTrichoscypha ulugurensis Mildbr. subsp. submontana (Van de Veken) KokwaroTrichoscypha diversifoliolata Van der VekenTrichoscypha kwangoensis Van de VekenTrichoscypha pallidiflora Engl. & BrehmerTrichoscypha silveirana Exell & MendocaTrichoscypha ealensis Van der VekenTrichoscypha volubilis Van der VekenTrichoscypha rhoifolia Van der VekenTrichoscypha coriacea Engl. & BrehmerTrichoscypha ledermannii Engl. & BrehmerTrichoscypha yapoensis Aubrev. & Pellegr.Trichoscypha submontana Van der VekenTrichoscypha oba Aubrev. & Pellegr.Trichoscypha albiflora Engl.Pseudospondias luxurians A. Chev.

Also Known As

Anonkoya, Daokro

References (8)

Abbiw, D.K., 1990, Useful Plants of Ghana. West African uses of wild and cultivated plants. Intermediate Technology Publications and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p 48 (As Trichoscypha oba)
Aubrev., 1934, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81:648 (As Trichoscypha oba)
Breteler, F. J., 2004, The genus Trichoscypha (Anacardiaceae) in Lower Guinea and Congolia: A synoptic revision. ADANSONIA, sér. 3 • 2004 • 26 (1) : 97-127
Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew. (Also as Trichoscypha oba)
Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants.

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