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Triphasia
Sign in to saveTriphasia is a small genus of flowering plants, comprising three species, in the family Rutaceae. The genus is related to Citrus and is native to southeastern Asia and New Guinea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyRutaceae
General: Triphasia are understorey shrubs in rain forest in New
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Collections
- A, MO, BRIT, NY, VT
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Belize
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Triphasia is a small genus of flowering plants, comprising three species, in the family Rutaceae. The genus is related to Citrus and 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Triphasia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.