Trochomeria macrocarpa(Sond.) Harv.

WFO wfo-0000407806 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Trochomeria macrocarpa, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. a Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-24 / obs. 165531849
Trochomeria macrocarpa, photographed by Karen Eichholz
fig. b Karen Eichholz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50493532
Trochomeria macrocarpa, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. c Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165531823

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Trochomeria macrocarpa is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMaliMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Trochomeria macrocarpa, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 7 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.

  • Trochomeria atacorensis A.Chev.
  • Trochomeria dalzielii Baker f. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
  • Trochomeria macroura Hook.f.
  • Trochomeria nudiflora Burtt Davy
  • Trochomeria vitifolia Hook.f.
  • Zehneria macrocarpa Sond.

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.

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