Melicope accedens
species of plant
Melicope accedens is a plant in the family Rutaceae, which grows in Indo–China and Malesia. Local names include kulampapa, pahau, and pau in Borneo.
Taxonomy
M. accedens was initially described as Euodia macrophylla and E. accedens by Blume in 1825. It was later combined by Miquel in 1867 as E. accedens. It was then reclassified as M. accedens by T. G. Hartley in 1994.
Description
M. accedens grows up as a shrub or tree to 40 metres (130 ft) tall. The fruits are roundish to ellipsoid to obovoid and measure up to 0.5 cm (0.2 in) long. Its leaves are opposite trifofoliate, with occasional unifoliolate structure, with length of 12–74 cm. Its inflorescences are axillary, and several- to densely many-flowered. The petals are white to green or pale yellow.
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