Meliaceae
Trichilia

Trichilia havanensis Jacq.

First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 20 (1760)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to NW. Venezuela, Caribbean. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 450–2130 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Tolima.
Habit
Shrub, Tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 450 - 2130 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, árbol
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
cacique, cedrillo, cedro
[UNAL]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 450 - 2130 m.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Morphology General Habit
Shrub or tree.
[UPB]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A shrub or small tree to 5 m tall or more; leaves mostly with 3 pairs of leaflets and a terminal one, these mostly elliptic, 3–10 cm long or more, bluntly acuminate at the apex, glabrous except near the point of attachment, the nerve-axils beneath without a membranous expansion
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence less than 3 cm long; ovary glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globular, dark brown, glabrous, ca. 1 cm long.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Cuba, Jamaica, and continental tropical America.
Ecology
In a variety of habitats. Cayman examples were found in moist thickets near George Town.
[Cayman]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/122658401/122659462

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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