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Triphasia

Botanical name: Triphasia

Triphasia

Botanical name: Triphasia

Description

Triphasias are evergreen shrubs growing to 1 to 3 m tall, with trifoliate leaves. The flowers are fragrant, white, with three to five petals. The fruit is an edible red hesperidium. 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.

Species of Triphasia

Baby lime

It is a spiny evergreen shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are trifoliate, glossy dark green, each leaflet 2 to 4 cm long and 1.5 to 2 cm broad. The flowers are white, with three petals 1 to 1.3 cm long and 4 mm broad. The fruit is a red, edible hesperidium 1 to 1.5 cm diameter, similar to a small Citrus fruit.

Scientific Classification

Phylum

Vascular plants

Class

Dicotyledons

Order

Maples, mangos, mahogany, citrus, and allies

Family

Rue

Genus

Triphasia

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