Triphasia trifolia(Burm.f.) P.Wilson

limeberry

WFO wfo-0000455326 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. a stinger, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-07 / obs. 186784364
Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. b stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186723739
Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. c stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186723635
Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. d stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186721713
Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. e stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186723476
Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. f stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186723421
Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. g stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186723568
Triphasia trifolia, photographed by stinger
fig. h stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186723680

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Triphasia trifolia is native: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Vietnam BangladeshBorneoCambodiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Vietnam Andaman Is.Christmas I.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Triphasia trifolia, 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
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
Christmas I. XMS
Cocos (Keeling) Is. CKI
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Vietnam VIE

Not drawn on the map: Cocos (Keeling) Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 8 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.

  • 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.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. 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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