Heynea trijugaRoxb. ex Sims

WFO wfo-0000721852 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Heynea trijuga, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. a Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-02-26 / obs. 62410292
Heynea trijuga, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141423230
Heynea trijuga, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141621782
Heynea trijuga, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141835943
Heynea trijuga, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175253611
Heynea trijuga, photographed by T R Shankar Raman
fig. f T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194624968
Heynea trijuga, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56818143
Heynea trijuga, photographed by Rama Narayanan
fig. h Rama Narayanan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163068475

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000657912
Filed as
Heynea trijuga Roxb. ex Sims
Det. by
Mabberley, D.J.
Collected
Ridley, H.N. 1892-01-01
Origin
MY
The sheet
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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Heynea trijuga is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSumateraThailandVietnam Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Heynea trijuga, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH

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 22 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.

  • Ailantopsis poilanei Gagnep.
  • Heynea affinis A.Juss.
  • Heynea connaroides (Wight & Arn.) Wight ex Voigt
  • Heynea fruticosa Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Heynea pubescens Hook.f.
  • Heynea quinquejuga A.Juss.
  • Heynea sumatrana Miq.
  • Leea laevis B.Heyne ex Wall.
  • Melia integerrima Buch.-Ham.
  • Picroderma laotica Gagnep.
  • Scutinanthe engleri Elmer
  • Trichilia connaroides (Wight & Arn.) Bentv.
  • Trichilia rimosa Blanco
  • Walsura intermedia Craib
  • Walsura pallida Craib
  • Walsura perrottetii C.DC.
  • Walsura pubescens Kurz
  • Walsura punctata Suess.
  • Walsura quinquijuga Kurz
  • Walsura temrifolia Ridl.
  • Walsura trijuga (Roxb. ex Sims) Kurz
  • Zanthoxylum connaroides Wight & Arn.

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. 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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