Triphasia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| taxon = Triphasia

| authority = Lour.

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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.Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12397 Triphasia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075531/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12397 |date=2015-09-24 }}Huxley, A, ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 3: 697. Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-47494-5}}.

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.Plants for a Future: [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Triphasia+trifolia Triphasia trifolia]

;Species

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