Anacardiaceae FAMILY

Trichoscypha arborea

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree

Growth—

Prefers a moist but freely draining soil^[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required^[1].

Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe, but some seed will still germinate after 3 years^[1]. Germination commences after 20 - 56 days, with up to 80 - 90% of the seed sprouting^[1]. Seedlings develop a dark red taproot with slender lateral roots; the first 5 - 10 leaves of seedlings are simple, the first compound leaves not developping until 6 - 12 months after germination^[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Trichoscypha+arborea>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
[2]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
[3]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎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/