Trichoscypha baldwinii Keay

Breteler, F. J., 2001, The genus Trichoscypha (Anacardiaceae) in Upper Guinea: A synoptic revision, Adansonia (3) 23 (2), pp. 247-264 : 251

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scientific name	Trichoscypha baldwinii Keay
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2. Trichoscypha baldwinii Keay

Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 26: 206 (1956); in Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. West Trop. Afr. , ed. 2, 1: 736 (1958). — Type: Baldwin 6938, Liberia, Zeahtown, Ƌ fl. Aug. (holo-, K) .

Small tree up to 10 m tall, trunk to c. 6 cm diam. Leaves 4-6(-8)-jugate, sometimes unifoliolate; leaflets papery, minutely and densely pustu- late on both sides, glabrous except for the midrib on both sides. Inflorescence slender, rather lax, up to 75 cm long. Flowers (June-Sep.) red with a yellow disc, stamens inflexed. Fruits (Nov.-Jan.) glabrous, ellipsoid, 2-2.5 × 1 cm, black at maturity. — Figs. 1 View Fig C-D, 4.

HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Rain forest of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana.

SELECTED SPECIMENS. — CÔTE D’ IVOIRE: Chatelain & Téré 1302, Guiglo, fl. buds June (G, WAG); Guillaumet 1638, Forêt de Keilbly, Ƌ fl. July (P). — GHANA: Enti FH 7536 , Neung F. R ., y.fr. Oct. (B, K, WAG); Vigne 1983, Bonsa Su, Ƌ fl. buds May (K). — LIBERIA: Adam 25178, Nimba, ♀ fl. June (K); de Gier & Goll 188, Lofa, fr. Jan. ( WAG); Jansen 2154, 18 miles S of Tchien, Ƌ fl. July (P, WAG); Leeuwenberg & Voorhoeve 4917, 32 km N of Kakata, Ƌ fl. Aug. (B, HBG, K, P, WAG); van Meer 11, Bomi Hills, Ƌ fl. July ( WAG). — SIERRA LEONE: Samai 42, Tunkia, Ƌ fl. Aug. (K) .