Trichilia trifoliaL.

WFO wfo-0000455630 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Eduardo Chacón Madrigal
fig. a Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-08 / obs. 109782475
Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7442705
Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18696774
Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22422686
Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7442749
Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18696787
Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. g Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 14810206
Trichilia trifolia, photographed by Eduardo Chacón Madrigal
fig. h Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109578893

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Trichilia trifolia is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaCubaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Netherlands Antilles
Native distribution of Trichilia trifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil Southeast BZL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Pholacilia pteleifolia (A.Juss.) Griseb.
  • Trichilia excisa Urb.
  • Trichilia halesia Loefl. ex A.Juss.
  • Trichilia lamellulata Dugand
  • Trichilia palmeri C.DC.
  • Trichilia palmetorum Pittier
  • Trichilia parvifolia C.DC.
  • Trichilia pteleifolia A.Juss.
  • Trichilia trifolia subsp. trifolia
  • Trichilia trifoliata L.
  • Trichilia unifoliola S.F.Blake & Standl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.