Trichoscypha bijuga Engl.

Breteler, F. J., 2001, The genus Trichoscypha (Anacardiaceae) in Upper Guinea: A synoptic revision, Adansonia (3) 23 (2), pp. 247-264 : 252

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scientific name	Trichoscypha bijuga Engl.
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4. Trichoscypha bijuga Engl. View in CoL

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 425 (1881); Keay in Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. West Trop. Afr., ed. 2, 1: 736 (1958).

— Type: Mann 2343, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko (Fernando Po), s.loc., ♂ fl. Mar. (holo-, B, delet.; lecto-, K, designated here; iso-, A, P) .

Trichoscypha preussii Engl. View in CoL , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 110 (1892); Keay in Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. West Trop. Afr., ed. 2, 1: 736 (1958). — Type: Preuss 463, Cameroun, Barombi-ba-Mbu, ♂ fl. Sep. (holo-, B, delet.; lecto-, K, designated here).

Trichoscypha beguei Aubrév. & Pellegr View in CoL ., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 648 (1934); Aubrév., Fl. For. Côte d’Ivoire, ed. 2, 2: 198, fig. 199 (1959). — Type: Aubréville , Service Forestier 1789, Côte d’Ivoire, Be Yakassé, ♂ fl. Aug. (holo-, P; iso-, WAG).

Shrub to small tree up to 20 m tall and c. 15 cm in diam. Leaves 2-10-jugate. Leaflets usually papery, above with an impressed hairy midrib. Infloresence usually on a leafy shoot, above, between or just below the leaves, often shaply reflexed at base and pendulous. Flowers (Aug.- Sep.) white to pale-red, sessile or nearly so. Fruits (Oct.-Dec.) ellipsoid, up to ± 3 × 1.5 cm, red, glabrous. — Figs. 1 View Fig E-F, 4.

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Rain forest of Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana. Also known from Lower Guinea.

SELECTED SPECIMENS. — CÔTE D’ IVOIRE: Aké Assi 12963, E of Sakré, ♂ fl. Aug. (K); Beentje 889, 10 km ESE Taï, ♀ fl. Sep. ( WAG); W. de Wilde c.s. 1039, Troya, fr. Oct. (K, P, WAG). — GHANA: Enti & Awnah R 1151, Ankassa F.R., fr. Oct. (K); Enti FE 2121, Neung F.R., y.fr. Sep. (WAG); FH 7462, ibid., fr. Oct. (K, P). — LIBERIA: Baldwin 6974, Zeahtown, ♂ fl. Aug. (K); Stoop - van de Kasteele 210, Gola Nat. For., ♂ fl. Aug. (WAG).