Meliaceae
Trichilia
Trichilia emetica

Trichilia emetica subsp. emetica

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Styles, B.T. & White, F. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Meliaceae: 1-67.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Torre, A.R. [3523A] Mozambique K005132102 Yes
Moomaw, J.C. [1452] Kenya K005131850 Yes
Friis, I.; Crawford, F.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [14347] Ethiopia K005131573 Yes
Nicholas, A. [1635] South Africa K005132253 Yes
Kotschy [535] Ethiopia K005131565 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [13863] Ethiopia K005131574 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9963] Ethiopia K005131572 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9949] Ethiopia K005131571 Yes
Torre, A.R.; Paiva, J. [9117] Mozambique K005132101 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Adamson, J. (Mrs.) [B3575] Kenya K005131849 Yes
Barbosa [2221] Mozambique K005132100 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2623] Botswana K005132105 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Hunter, J. (Mrs.) [11126] Tanzania K005131852 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B2041] Kenya K005131848 Yes
Schimper [866] Ethiopia K005131567 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [556] Sudan K005131576 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1007] Zambia K005132104 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15843] Ethiopia K005131569 Yes
Kostchy [535] Ethiopia K005131566 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9964] Ethiopia K005131575 Yes
Tanner, R. [2322] Tanzania K005131851 Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [2178] Eritrea K005131568 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1509] Zambia K005132103 Yes
Verdcourt [1917] Kenya K005131847 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [9948] Ethiopia K005131570 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [FHI19810] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130702 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [FHI7217] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130708 No
Richards, P.W. [5027] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130705 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [13505] Kenya Trichilia roka K:SPC-08941.000 No
Daramola, B.O. [34] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130701 Yes
Ukwu [FHI7994] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130704 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI22521] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130709 Yes
Kitson, A.E. [1094] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130707 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI16007] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130710 Yes
Ogua, P. [FHI7983] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130703 Yes
Nigeria Trichilia roka K:SPC-21898.000 No
Dalziel, J.M. (Dr.) [89] Nigeria Trichilia roka K005130706 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius Trichilia natalensis K005110605 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mauritius Trichilia natalensis K005110606 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0