Trichoscypha bijuga
Engl.
Anacardiaceae
Trichoscypha beguei Aubrév. & Pellegr.
Trichoscypha dinklagei Engl.
Trichoscypha gossweileri Exell & Mendonça
Trichoscypha preussii Engl.
Trichoscypha reticulata Engl.
Common Name:
Ripe fruit and seed cut open to show the structure
Photograph by: Ehoarn Bidault
General Information
Trichoscypha bijuga is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall. The bole is up to 15cm in diameter[
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- African Flowering Plants Database
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- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The tree is probably harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
The main threat to the species is forest clearance for agriculture, particularly plantations. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
West tropical Africa - Guinea to Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo and northern Angola.
Habitat
An understorey plant in evergreen rain-forest at elevations from 40 - 1,000 metres[
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- African Flowering Plants Database
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- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
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- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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- 0
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- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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Properties
| Conservation Status | Near Threatened |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Tree |
| Height | 15.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The wood is probably used for similar purposes as that of Trichoscypha arborea. Those uses are as follows:-
The wood is used for hut-construction, canoes and planks. It is also carved into fetish masks, etc. It is suitable for light flooring, joinery, interior trim, furniture, cabinet work, musical instrument, pestles, toys, novelties, veneer, plywood, hardboard and particle board. It is recorded to have some industrial importance in the production of paper pulp, alone or in a mixture with other woods[
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- Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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- http://www.prota.org
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- An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
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- Burkil. H. M.
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- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
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- 1985 - 2004
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- Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
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Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
