Triphasia

Genus of flowering plants

Triphasia
Triphasia trifolia foliage and fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Aurantioideae
Genus: Triphasia
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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.[1][2]

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.[2][3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Triphasia Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Huxley, A, ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 3: 697. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
  3. ^ Plants for a Future: Triphasia trifolia
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  • Clymenia polyandra
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