''Trichilia'' is a
flowering plant genus in the
family Meliaceae. These plants are particularly diverse in
sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...
and tropical
South America.
Several species are used in
folk medicine and
shamanism
Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a Spirit world (Spiritualism), spirit world through Altered state of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, such as tranc ...
– e.g. ''
T. rubescens'' against
malaria, ''
T. tocacheana'' as a
hallucinogen, and ''
T. catigua'' in the
aphrodisiac and
stimulant
Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and inv ...
catuaba. ''Trichilia emetica, T. emetica'' wood, also known as Natal mahogany or Cape mahogany is the traditional material of choice for Mozambique's famous ''psikhelekedana'' Scale model, 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''
References
External links
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Trichilia,
Meliaceae genera
Medicinal plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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