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Melicope triphylla

Melicope triphylla
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Assam to Nansei-shotō and SW. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Melicope triphylla is a plant in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet triphylla is from the Greek meaning 'three leaf', referring to the trifoliolate leaves.

Where it grows

Melicope triphylla grows naturally in the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan south to Borneo and east to New Guinea. In Malaysian Borneo its habitat is forests from sea-level to 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) elevation.

Other Melicope plants

Melicope accedens · Auwahi melicope · Melicope affinis · Ballou's melicope · Yellow evodia · False Euodia · Waianae Range melicope · Manena · Melicope clemensiae · Melicope confusa · Melicope contermina · Pilo 'ula

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melicope triphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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