Glycosmis pentaphylla(Retz.) DC.

Chinese box

WFO wfo-0000704558 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by OnePlanet
fig. a OnePlanet, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-17 / obs. 144026736
Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by S.MORE
fig. b S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 102524973
Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 136448707
Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57899361
Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. e Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157923078
Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. f Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49270708
Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175625875
Glycosmis pentaphylla, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162250741

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Glycosmis pentaphylla is native: China South-Central, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Glycosmis pentaphylla, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chionotria monogyna Walp.
  • Chionotria rigida Jack
  • Glycosmis arborea (Roxb.) DC.
  • Glycosmis arborea var. linearifoliolata V.Naray.
  • Glycosmis chylocarpa Wight & Arn.
  • Glycosmis madagascariensis Corrêa ex Risso
  • Glycosmis pentaphylla var. linearifoliolis Tanaka
  • Glycosmis quinquefolia Griff.
  • Glycosmis retzii M.Roem.
  • Glycosmis rigida (Jack) Merr.
  • Limonia angustifolia Wall.
  • Limonia arborea Roxb.
  • Limonia pentaphylla Retz.
  • Murraya exotica Blanco
  • Murraya lobata Blanco
  • Myxospermum chylocarpum M.Roem.
  • Sclerostylis pentaphylla Blume
  • Sclerostylis timoriensis M.Roem.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol MUEX2. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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