| triplochiton | (n) small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves, Syn. genus Triplochiton |
| obeche | (n) large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood, Syn. Triplochiton scleroxcylon, arere, samba, obechi |