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Genus: Trichilia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales >  Family: Meliaceae

About 85 species, native to tropics and subtropics (mainly America), with 2 species indigenous to southern Africa.

Species in southern Africa

Trichilia dregeana

 

Trichilia emetica (Natal mahogany)

 
 

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