Trichoscypha arborea A.Chev.

A tree. It grows 30 m high. The trunk is straight and 1 m around. It has small buttresses. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk. There are 6-8 pairs of leaflets. They are oblong to narrowly oval. They are 25 cm long by 8 cm wide. The leaves tend to be clustered near the ends of small branches. The flowering shoots are 80 cm long. They have reddish hairs. The fruit are narrowly oval and 2.5 cm long. They are red and sweet.

Found mostly in evergreen forest, sometimes in moist semi-deciduous forest, often along watercourses and also in coastal formations; at elevations up to 300 metres. At elevations up to 1,600 metres.

The fruit is juicy and is eaten and used for juice.

Can be grown by seedlings.