Trichilia

Trichilia is a flowering plant genus in the family Meliaceae. These plants 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.

Selected species:


 * Trichilia acuminata
 * Trichilia areolata
 * Trichilia blanchetii
 * Trichilia breviflora
 * Trichilia bullata
 * Trichilia casaretti
 * Trichilia catigua
 * Trichilia chirriactensis
 * Trichilia columata Guardi
 * Trichilia discolor
 * Trichilia dregeana Sond.
 * Trichilia elsae
 * Trichilia emarginata
 * Trichilia emetica Vahl
 * Trichilia fasciculata
 * Trichilia florbranca
 * Trichilia gamopetala
 * Trichilia grandifolia
 * Trichilia hirta
 * Trichilia hispida
 * Trichilia lecointei
 * Trichilia lovettii
 * Trichilia magnifoliola
 * Trichilia micropetala
 * Trichilia ornithothera
 * Trichilia pallens
 * Trichilia pittieri
 * Trichilia primogenita
 * Trichilia pseudostipularis
 * Trichilia pungens
 * Trichilia quadrijuga
 * Trichilia ramalhoi
 * Trichilia reticulata
 * Trichilia rubescens
 * Trichilia silvatica
 * Trichilia solitudinis
 * Trichilia stellato-tomentosa
 * Trichilia surumuensis
 * Trichilia tetrapetala
 * Trichilia tocacheana C.DC.
 * Trichilia trachyantha
 * Trichilia triacantha – Bariaco
 * Trichilia ulei