Triphasia | |
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Triphasia trifolia foliage and fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Subfamily: | Aurantioideae |
Genus: | Triphasia Lour. |
Species | |
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Triphasia is a small genus of three species in the family Rutaceae, related to Citrus. The genus is native to southeastern Asia and New Guinea.
They are evergreen shrubs growing to 1–3 m tall, with trifoliate leaves. The flowers are fragrant, white, with three to five petals. The fruit is an edible red hesperidium similar to a small Citrus fruit.
- Species
- Triphasia brassii (C.T.White) Swingle – New Guinea
- Triphasia grandifolia Merr. – Philippines
- Triphasia trifolia (Burm.f.) P.Wils. – Malaysia
References
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Triphasia Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Huxley, A, ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 3: 697. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- Plants for a Future: Triphasia trifolia
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Triphasia |
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