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Rutaceae

Limeberry

Triphasia trifolia (Burm.f.) P.Wilson

Family
Rutaceae
Genus
Triphasia

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Limeberry: A crop from a beautiful plant of Triphasia Trifoliata in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
Photo: Flickr user kybrdgal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
ban
Kingkit
bik
Limonsitongkastila
Chinese
香吉果, 锦橘果
English
Limeberry
Indonesian
Kingkit, Jeruk kingkit
Javanese
Jeruk kingkit

Synonyms

  • Limonia diacantha DC.
  • Limonia retusa D.Don
  • Limonia trifolia Burm.f.
  • Limonia trifoliata L.
  • Triphasia aurantiola Lour.
  • Triphasia diacantha M.Roem.
  • Triphasia javanica M.Roem.
  • Triphasia trifoliata (L.) DC.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

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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.