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Mexican Orange (Choisya)

Description

The species grow to 1-3-m (3.3-9.8-ft) tall. The-leaves-are opposite, leathery, glossy,-palmately-compound with 3-13 leaflets, each leaflet 3-8-cm (1.2-3.1-in) long and 0.5-3.5-cm (0.20-1.38-in) broad.-C. ternata-has three broad leaflets, while-C. dumosa-has up to 13 very narrow leaflets. The-flowers-are star-shaped, 3-5-cm (1.2-2.0-in) diameter, with 4-7 white-petals, 8-15-stamens-and a green-stigma; they are produced throughout the late spring and summer. The-fruit-is a leathery two to six sectioned-capsule.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Sapindales

            • Family: Rutaceae

              • Genus: Choisya