The genus Trichoscypha (Anacardiaceae) in Upper Guinea: A synoptic revision Author Breteler, F. J. text Adansonia 2001 3 23 2 247 264 journal article http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5180184 1639-4798 5180184 12. Trichoscypha mannii Hook. f. In Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1: 423 (1862) ; Keay in Hutch. & Dalz. , Fl. West Trop. Afr. , ed. 2, 1: 736 (1958). — Type : Mann 941, Equatorial Guinea / Gabon , Gaboon R ., lat. 1˚ N., ♀ fl. July (holo-, K). Trichoscypha atropurpurea Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 222 (1905) ; Keay in Hutch. & Dalz. , Fl. West Trop. Afr. , ed. 2, 1: 736 (1958). — Type : Dinklage 2082 , Liberia , Fishtown, ster. Oct. (holo- (?), B; iso-, A), see note . Shrub to small tree up to c. 10 m tall, trunk to 10 cm in diam. Leaves up to 11-jugate, usually with hispid petiole and rachis, the lowest pair of leaflets close to the stem or not; leaflets papery, oblong-elliptic, often narrowly so, usually slender-tipped and with long hairs on main nerves beneath, the midrib impressed and hispid above. Inflorescence (sub) terminal or not, shorter than the leaves, hispid. Flowers (Aug.-Nov.) relatively large, dark red. Fruits (Nov.) subovoid, 2-2.5 × 1- 1.5 cm , dark-red, sparsely hispid, glabrescent. — Figs. 2 A-B, 9. HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Rain forest from Liberia to Ghana . Also in Lower Guinea . SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — CÔTE D’ IVOIRE: Bégué 2960 , Yapo, ster. May (P); Breteler 6090 , 48 km N of Abidjan, fr. Nov. (WAG); Chatelain & Téhé 816 , Agboville, ster. Nov. (G, WAG); J.J. de Wilde 579 , Yapo, y.fr. Sep. (WAG); Nozeran s.n. , N’zida, Ƌ fl. Aug. (P); Versteegh & Den Outer 739 , Anyama- Adzopé Rd., Ƌ fl. Sep. (WAG). — GHANA : Vigne 1439, Axim, Ƌ fl. Nov. (K). — LIBERIA : Baldwin 10283A , Javajai, Ƌ fl. Nov. (K); Dinklage 2082, Fishtown, ster. Oct. (A, B); Linder 1122 , Kolubanu, Ƌ fl. Oct. (K). NOTE. — The sterile specimen Dinklage 2082 received on loan from B may be a duplicate of the original material of T. atropurpurea , which was described with male flowers.