Triphasia

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]

Triphasia
Triphasia trifolia foliage and fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Subfamily:	Aurantioideae
Genus:	Triphasia Lour.
Species
See text.

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

• Triphasia brassii (C.T.White) Swingle – New Guinea
• Triphasia grandifolia Merr. – Philippines
• Triphasia trifolia (Burm.f.) P.Wils. – Malaysia

References

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