Citrus trifoliata · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
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Citrus trifoliata is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae, belonging to the genus Citrus. It is classified within the order Sapindales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is also referred to by the common name chih shih.
Native to North-Central, South-Central, and Southeast China, Citrus trifoliata has been introduced to various regions, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, and other parts of the United States, as well as Argentina, Bulgaria, Japan, and Korea. The plant is utilized as a medicinal plant and for food.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyRutaceae
Common Name: chih shih
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 274
- With media
- 242
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Collections
- BAYLU, GMUF, BRIT, DEK, CDA, GA
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Citrus
- Image
- Poncirus trifoliata1.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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Encyclopedic overview
The trifoliate orange, Citrus trifoliata (syn. Poncirus trifoliata), is a member of the family Rutaceae. Whether the trifoliate oranges should be considered to belong to their own genus, Poncirus, or be included in the genus Citrus is debated. The species is unusual among citrus for having deciduous, compound leaves and pubescent (downy) fruit.
It is native to northern China and Korea, and is also known as the Japanese bitter-orange (karatachi), hardy orange or Chinese bitter orange.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Citrus trifoliata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.