Rutaceae

Flower axistree

Glycosmis parviflora (Sims) Little

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Glycosmis

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Flower axistree (Glycosmis parviflora) — FlowerPhoto: 賴碧珠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 小花山小橘, 山桔, 山小橘, 山橘仔, 水官子, 石苓舅
English: Flower axistree

Synonyms

Amyris axilliflora Griseb.
Glycosmis americana Sagot ex Oliv.
Glycosmis citrifolia Lindl.
Glycosmis heterophylla A.Rich.
Glycosmis obtusa Miq.
Glycosmis parviflora var. obtusa (Miq.) B.C.Stone
Glycosmis pentaphylla var. citrifolia (Willd.) Bakh.f.
Limonia citrifolia Willd.
Limonia parviflora Sims
Murraya cerasiformis Blanco

Flowers

In flower: March, July, September to October (from 27 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 賴碧珠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 許文俊, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnes Trekker, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.