Triphasia
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| Triphasia trifolia foliage and fruit | |
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| Genus: | Triphasia |
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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]
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,and are suspicioned to be the secret ingredient of the soda Mountain Dew.[2][3]
- Species
- Triphasia brassii (C.T.White) Swingle. New Guinea.
- Triphasia grandifolia Merr. Philippines.
- Triphasia trifolia (Burm.f.) P.Wils. Malaysia.